Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	65.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180829
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '18 at 21:47
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 156 2-Core 312 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 625 8-Core 895 95% 760 Pts	64-Core 923 57% 923 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3685) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Lighting 84.1 Reflection 83.5 Parallax 74.5 68% 80.7 fps	MRender 81.2 Gravity 73.8 Splatting 66.7 60% 73.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 211 Write 123 Mixed 149 36% 161 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 88.4 4K Mixed 35.3 133% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 94.5 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 68.9 63% 94.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 73%
Kingston SM2280S3G2120G 120GB 4,240 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 85GB free Firmware: SAFM01.R SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 192 191 192 191 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 511 Write 193 Mixed 230 SusWrite 192 62% 282 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 34.8 134% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 109 120% 204 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 757GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 180 182 183 184 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 162 Mixed 88.8 SusWrite 182 115% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.3% Average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 12.1 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 14.1 40% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 109%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X - $227

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	2,971x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	2,728x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,634x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	934x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	871x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	770x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	453x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	443x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	345x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	481x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	400x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	337x

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Value: 117% - Outstanding

Total price: $777

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16