Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ULTRA

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	385% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ULTRA (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20211123
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '22 at 00:24
Run Duration	284 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-11400F-$116 46,609 User benchmarks, average bench 94% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 80.2 1-Core 154 2-Core 303 96% 179 Pts	4-Core 569 8-Core 900 90% 734 Pts	64-Core 1,138 70% 1,138 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1451) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 139 Parallax 125 103% 130 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 132 Splatting 117 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN770 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB 12,579 User benchmarks, average bench 380% 332GB free (System drive) Firmware: 731030WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2381 2395 2430 2460 1523 576 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	385% Outstanding	Read 2,603 Write 2,498 Mixed 2,208 SusWrite 1,961 521% 2,317 MB/s	4K Read 72.2 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 87.4 315% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 1,625 DQ Write 1,263 DQ Mixed 1,417 1,068% 1,435 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 385% Great: 507%
Patriot Burst 120GB 15,567 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 54GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 480 Write 237 Mixed 342 78% 353 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 91.4 4K Mixed 38.1 157% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 194 169% 250 MB/s
Poor: 38% Great: 88%
Intel SSD Pro 2500 Series 240GB-$225 2,151 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 223GB free Firmware: LTVi Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 419 Write 216 Mixed 246 65% 294 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 38.7 150% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 132 131% 211 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$38 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 134 Write 176 Mixed 80.5 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 126% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 106%
Toshiba MK5055GSX 500GB-$33 4,927 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 456GB free Firmware: FG001M Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 62.3 Write 71.7 Mixed 35.8 42% 56.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.4 85% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3600 2x16GB 863 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.3% Very good	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 19.4 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 20.8 64% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 80.1 50% 80.1 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 115%

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Gaming 178%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 177%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ULTRA - $340

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	477x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	315x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	266x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	267x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	156x
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	121x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	178x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	99x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	71x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	74x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	38x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	28x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,682

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16