Gigabyte GA-Z590 AORUS ELITE AX

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	85.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

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Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z590 AORUS ELITE AX (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210316
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '22 at 22:35
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-11400-$134 24,459 User benchmarks, average bench 94% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 78.4 1-Core 151 2-Core 279 92% 169 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 842 80% 664 Pts	64-Core 963 60% 963 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3724) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	52.5% Above average	Lighting 64.4 Reflection 67.8 Parallax 61.8 52% 64.7 fps	MRender 65.4 Gravity 66.7 Splatting 61.7 53% 64.6 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$117 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 134 116 110 108 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 478 Write 385 Mixed 324 SusWrite 128 73% 329 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 73.9 4K Mixed 39 138% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 334 254% 343 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 189GB free Firmware: JC4A SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 111 111 109 106 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 104 Write 88.1 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 108 66% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Silicon Power Computer & Communications 2x8GB 2,798 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	66.5% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 20.4 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 16.7 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 83.5 48% 83.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 111%

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

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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 $270Bench 101%, 65,651 samples	1,511x
Core i5-11600KIntel $180Bench 99%, 43,966 samples	753x
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	744x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	773x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	630x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	561x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 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 $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	276x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-3200C16-8GTZR 2x8GBGBench 90%, 10,185 samples	193x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	169x
CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 85%, 54,117 samples	146x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $777

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 $40	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