Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191015
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '20 at 10:46
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^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, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 83.3 1-Core 137 2-Core 258 88% 160 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 690 78% 613 Pts	64-Core 755 47% 755 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Zotac(19DA 5543) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	65.3% Good	Lighting 85.9 Reflection 84.5 Parallax 79.7 70% 83.4 fps	MRender 65.3 Gravity 71.6 Splatting 68.2 56% 68.4 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Addlink M.2 PCIE G3x4 NVMe 512GB 3,810 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 477GB free Firmware: ECFM22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 998 551 549 553 548 748 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 1,111 Write 560 Mixed 1,385 SusWrite 658 208% 929 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 59.1 216% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 696 DQ Write 1,146 DQ Mixed 966 719% 936 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 275%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 842GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 173 176 176 167 173 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 98.3 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 170 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2A2666C16 2x8GB 23,313 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.6% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 19.9 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 18.9 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 94%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 114%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO - $176

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	2,615x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	2,473x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	1,143x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	682x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	577x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	481x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	585x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	418x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	382x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	315x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	285x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $160Bench 88%, 110,884 samples	245x

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Value: 118% - Outstanding

Total price: $773

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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