Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ULTRA

Performance Results


Gaming 141% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 155% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	162% 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.
Boot Drive	66.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ULTRA (all builds)
Memory	18.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20211123
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '23 at 00:14
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900 50 User benchmarks, average bench 99% , 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 147 2-Core 281 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 898 81% 680 Pts	64-Core 1,886 117% 1,886 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$499 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% Asus(1043 8812) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.49 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	162% Outstanding	Lighting 240 Reflection 219 Parallax 214 196% 224 fps	MRender 254 Gravity 161 Splatting 131 143% 182 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SKC2500M82000G 2TB 1,426 User benchmarks, average bench 303% 371GB free Firmware: S7781101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1334 950 995 1026 1019 1009 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	283% Outstanding	Read 2,509 Write 1,742 Mixed 1,565 SusWrite 1,055 383% 1,718 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 71.9 233% 82.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,218 DQ Write 825 DQ Mixed 662 591% 902 MB/s
Poor: 205% ↑ This bench: 283% Great: 395%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 271GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 446 465 475 473 472 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 474 Mixed 457 SusWrite 461 106% 472 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 88.3 4K Mixed 51.6 170% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 353 266% 357 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3K87RA SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 171 103 83 81 46 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 476 Write 437 Mixed 325 SusWrite 131 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 68.2 4K Mixed 21.4 105% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 122 108% 166 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 88%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 271GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 137 119 132 148 156 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 130 Write 103 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 141 73% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 108%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 324GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 110 111 110 112 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 111 Write 110 Mixed 72.6 SusWrite 110 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 2x16GB 15,358 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 21.7 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 22.3 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 104%

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

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Gaming 178%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 177%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ULTRA - $340

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	476x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	314x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	265x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	267x
RTX 3090Nvidia $835Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	156x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	121x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	177x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	99x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	71x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	74x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	38x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	28x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,680

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16