Gigabyte GA-Z390 M GAMING-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Gigabyte Z390 M GAMING
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z390 M GAMING-CF (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190401
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '19 at 21:03
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$145 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 91.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 276 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 661 76% 593 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Lighting 76.4 Reflection 74.6 Parallax 65.4 62% 72.1 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 70.3 Splatting 72 58% 70.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 65 55 62 56 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 474 Write 345 Mixed 106 SusWrite 81.2 55% 252 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 31.8 119% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 103 125% 219 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 82%
SanDisk X110 128GB-$89 11,245 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 110GB free Firmware: X231600 SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 287 261 282 266 282 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Read 450 Write 281 Mixed 167 SusWrite 275 65% 293 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 32.7 129% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 119 124% 207 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 117GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 122 142 149 136 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 136 Write 143 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 136 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 112%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 1,694 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 401GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 43 42 43 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	20.8% Poor	Read 40.8 Write 41.7 Mixed 24.2 SusWrite 42.3 50% 37.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 86% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT4G4DFS8213.C8FBD1 Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G 859B CT4G4DFS8213.C8FBD1 Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	74.5% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.6 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 23.7 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 74%

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Gaming 88%

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Desktop 99%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 74%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z390 M GAMING-CF

CPU
Core i5-9600KIntel $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	719x
Core i7-9700KIntel $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	711x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	465x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	261x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	186x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	178x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	113x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	108x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	102x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	108x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	72x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	63x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $605

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16