Gigabyte Z490 AORUS MASTER

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 119% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 97.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	122% 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	298% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z490 AORUS MASTER (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200325
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '20 at 14:50
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700-$232 71,010 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Memory 90.4 1-Core 148 2-Core 297 97% 178 Pts	4-Core 564 8-Core 995 94% 779 Pts	64-Core 1,522 94% 1,522 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3762) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 165 Reflection 193 Parallax 184 134% 181 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 171 Splatting 126 114% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Sabrent ROCKET 4 1TB 691 User benchmarks, average bench 306% 618GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT401.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2220 2283 2249 2279 908 918 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	298% Outstanding	Read 1,750 Write 2,310 Mixed 1,826 SusWrite 1,810 436% 1,924 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 68.9 228% 85.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,192 DQ Write 882 DQ Mixed 1,099 805% 1,058 MB/s
Poor: 187% ↑ This bench: 298% Great: 447%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 931GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2242 2165 1173 1180 1180 1181 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	317% Outstanding	Read 2,383 Write 2,240 Mixed 1,617 SusWrite 1520 435% 1940 MB/s	4K Read 54.2 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 74 244% 85.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,260 DQ Write 1119 DQ Mixed 1,181 888% 1,187 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 317% Great: 372%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 128 131 131 132 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 118 Write 93.2 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 131 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 168% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 4266 C16 2x8GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.6% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 20.2 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 110%

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Gaming 184%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 197%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z490 AORUS MASTER - $329

CPU
Core i9-10900KIntel $442Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	544x
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	431x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	267x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	302x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	186x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	179x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	189x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	107x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	91x

RAM
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	38x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	33x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 73,741 samples	30x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,486

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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