Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE AC

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	73.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE AC (all builds)
Memory	1.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '20 at 17:40
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10600K-$141 70,951 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 70.4 1-Core 131 2-Core 245 81% 149 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 771 72% 601 Pts	64-Core 1,042 64% 1,042 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4014) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Lighting 92.2 Reflection 78.3 Parallax 74.6 75% 81.7 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 76.6 Splatting 76.5 72% 89.5 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 76%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte GP-GSTFS31480GNTD 480GB 7,834 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 184 211 116 133 213 MB/s Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	59.3% Above average	Read 42.5 Write 104 Mixed 185 SusWrite 169 29% 125 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 64.7 4K Mixed 29.5 113% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 140 146% 237 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW8GX4M1E3200C16 1x8GB 372 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 11.7 MC Mixed 9.8 33% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 7.4 SC Mixed 7.6 20% 6.93 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 62%

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

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Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE AC - $241

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	1,181x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	441x
Core i5-10600KIntel $141Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	402x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	538x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	437x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	191x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	263x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	207x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	164x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	106x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	101x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	98x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,116

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16