Gigabyte GA-Z690 AORUS ELITE AX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 109%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	166% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

CPU throttled at 92% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z690 AORUS ELITE AX (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220328
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '22 at 09:42
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	92%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-12900-$273 2,410 User benchmarks, average bench 111% U3E1, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 24 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Memory 86.8 1-Core 210 2-Core 388 120% 228 Pts	4-Core 705 8-Core 1,434 126% 1,070 Pts	64-Core 2,849 176% 2,849 Pts
Poor: 100% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 119%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$499 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% Asus(1043 8813) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Lighting 246 Reflection 220 Parallax 237 201% 235 fps	MRender 260 Gravity 162 Splatting 133 145% 185 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 170%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$169 138,083 User benchmarks, average bench 416% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 2828 Write 3,149 Mixed 2,945 666% 2,974 MB/s	4K Read 83.2 4K Write 227 4K Mixed 123 404% 144 MB/s	DQ Read 1,980 DQ Write 1,404 DQ Mixed 1,652 1,245% 1,679 MB/s
Poor: 283% Great: 526%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$95 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3.5TB free Firmware: SC60 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 195 Write 191 Mixed 82.6 115% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 62% Great: 108%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$179 904 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 6.5TB free Firmware: SC61 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 228 Write 208 Mixed 104 133% 180 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 1.3 926% 7.53 MB/s
Poor: 31% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot Memory (PDP Systems) 5600 C40 Series 2x8GB 135 User benchmarks, average bench 142% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 22h clocked @ 5600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	MC Read 73 MC Write 56.4 MC Mixed 58.5 179% 62.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 49.9 SC Mixed 29.5 96% 33.6 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 161%

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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 214%

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Desktop 116%

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Workstation 251%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z690 AORUS ELITE AX

CPU
Core i9-12900KIntel $291Bench 117%, 66,991 samples	959x
Core i7-12700KIntel $213Bench 114%, 78,749 samples	532x
Core i5-12600KIntel $163Bench 109%, 101,563 samples	302x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	339x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	254x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	254x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	373x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $169Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	206x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	143x

RAM
Skill Intl F5-6000J3636F162x16GBGBench 172%, 21,264 samples	600x
KF552C40-16 2x16GBKingstonBench 155%, 10,661 samples	180x
Vengeance LPX 5600 C36 2x16GBCorsairBench 162%, 23,486 samples	176x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $1,308

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	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