Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 120% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	163% 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	224% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X (all builds)
Memory	49.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20211105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '23 at 23:22
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$395 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 60.4 1-Core 130 2-Core 249 78% 146 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 816 77% 639 Pts	64-Core 1,220 76% 1,220 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,135 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% EVGA(3842 3387) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	163% Outstanding	Lighting 233 Reflection 207 Parallax 238 190% 226 fps	MRender 258 Gravity 193 Splatting 140 155% 197 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$300 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 515GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1211 1270 1257 1287 1190 1355 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 1,957 Write 1,583 Mixed 555 SusWrite 1,262 298% 1,339 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 64.9 4K Mixed 40.7 133% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 803 DQ Write 409 DQ Mixed 618 456% 610 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 425%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$182 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 357GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 301 305 315 320 312 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 440 Write 420 Mixed 349 SusWrite 309 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 57.3 4K Mixed 29.1 107% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 344 260% 349 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$85 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 113GB free Firmware: 4B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1127 977 737 577 456 425 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1794 Write 1,694 Mixed 1,634 SusWrite 717 328% 1,460 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 67.1 4K Mixed 48 160% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 875 DQ Write 471 DQ Mixed 668 498% 671 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 410%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$85 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 189 189 184 191 192 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 112 Mixed 77 SusWrite 186 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%
Seagate Portable 2TB 11,289 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 781GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 99 96 97 100 99 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 68.3 Write 87.2 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 97.3 61% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 116% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3000C16-16GTZR 04CD F4-3000C14-16GTZR 04CD F4-3000C16-16GTZR 04CD F4-3000C14-16GTZR 64GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.9% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 16.2 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 9.1 28% 9.87 GB/s	Latency 127 32% 127 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 86%

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Gaming 114%

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X - $225

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $253Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	3,033x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	2,790x
Core i9-9900KIntel $395Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,663x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	948x
RTX 2060Nvidia $267Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	881x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	791x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 275%, 495,311 samples	463x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $85Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	447x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	352x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	487x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	406x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	344x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $796

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