Gigabyte GA-Z590 AORUS ELITE AX

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z590 AORUS ELITE AX (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210316
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '21 at 12:44
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	0%

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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 0000 226 User benchmarks, average bench 101% U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 135 2-Core 272 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 539 8-Core 1,082 96% 811 Pts	64-Core 1,871 116% 1,871 Pts
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 110%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 112 Parallax 115 96% 115 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 105 Splatting 97.2 91% 114 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Optane+477G 512GB 4,992 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 421GB free (System drive) Firmware: 18.31 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1090 1117 1123 1136 1127 1098 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 35% Great: 94%
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 512GB 26,235 User benchmarks, average bench 209% 318GB free Firmware: VB421D57 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1182 1191 1196 1194 367 156 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 2652 Write 1,322 Mixed 1,294 SusWrite 881 340% 1,537 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 91.5 4K Mixed 62.4 197% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 978 DQ Write 794 DQ Mixed 870 656% 881 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 309%
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB 24,911 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 222GB free Firmware: UF4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 121 165 163 166 162 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 418 Write 317 Mixed 281 SusWrite 190 67% 302 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 32.8 4K Mixed 16.5 67% 22.7 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 89.2 DQ Mixed 43.5 49% 84.4 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 167 168 170 169 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 153 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 166 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK8GX4M1Z3600C18 CMK16GX4M2Z3600C18 CMK8GX4M1Z3600C18 CMK16GX4M2Z3600C18 32GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 2666, 2666, 2666, 2666 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 25.9 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 28.7 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 115%

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Typical GA-Z590 AORUS ELITE AX Builds (Compare 6,225 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 150%

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Desktop 106%

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Workstation 151%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z590 AORUS ELITE AX

CPU
Core i7-11700KIntel $234Bench 101%, 65,651 samples	1,513x
Core i5-11600KIntel $180Bench 99%, 43,966 samples	756x
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	746x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	774x
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	631x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	565x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $106Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	421x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	364x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	276x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-3200C16-8GTZR 2x8GBGBench 90%, 10,185 samples	193x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	169x
CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 85%, 54,117 samples	147x

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Value: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $828

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $45	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