Gigabyte GA-Z390 M GAMING-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.35% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	195% 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.

System	Gigabyte Z390 M GAMING
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z390 M GAMING-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191218
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Aug 30 '21 at 15:42
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-9100-$145 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 80% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 136 2-Core 266 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 518 69% 515 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i3) 32,403 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7642 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	6.35% Terrible	Lighting 6.7 Reflection 6.4 Parallax 7.9 6% 7 fps	MRender 11.3 Gravity 6.6 Splatting 11.3 8% 9.73 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.35% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB73H1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 289 290 287 281 277 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1,231 Write 1,110 Mixed 670 SusWrite 313 185% 831 MB/s	4K Read 58.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 67.3 228% 75.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,506 DQ Write 1,019 DQ Mixed 992 814% 1,172 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 236%
Phison APS-XS03-480 480GB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 447GB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 263 Write 269 Mixed 259 59% 264 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 21.3 4K Mixed 16.9 60% 18.6 MB/s	DQ Read 89.4 DQ Write 23.1 DQ Mixed 35 31% 49.2 MB/s
Poor: 42% Great: 67%
WD WD120EMFZ-11A6JA0 12TB 507 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2TB free Firmware: 81.00A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 131 131 134 132 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	72% Very good	Read 118 Write 130 Mixed 114 SusWrite 131 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 3.2 589% 3.57 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 115%
WD WD120EMAZ-11BLFA0 12TB 255 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 1TB free Firmware: 81.00A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 114 114 115 114 115 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 195 Write 199 Mixed 98.2 SusWrite 115 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 1.7 339% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 114%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 24TB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 2TB free Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 192 219 220 221 225 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 211 Write 209 Mixed 96.1 SusWrite 216 134% 183 MB/s	4K Read 7.9 4K Write 5.8 4K Mixed 2.7 737% 5.47 MB/s
Poor: 124% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 279%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C19 2x8GB 16,397 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 40.9 MC Write 46.2 MC Mixed 31.8 113% 39.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 30.9 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 111%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	15	7	3	30	27.9"	3840 2160	ACR0747 VG280K

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Workstation 74%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z390 M GAMING-CF

CPU
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	719x
Core i7-9700KIntel $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	713x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	465x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $296Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	261x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	186x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	179x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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 $45Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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) $32	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