Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE AC

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	316% 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	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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE AC (all builds)
Memory	17.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200325
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '20 at 09:31
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700KF-$205 37,394 User benchmarks, average bench 96% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 225 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 757 72% 596 Pts	64-Core 1,391 86% 1,391 Pts
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 142 Parallax 131 107% 135 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 129 Splatting 105 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$93 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 833GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1635 1741 1760 1497 1502 1495 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	316% Outstanding	Read 2,335 Write 2,140 Mixed 1,746 SusWrite 1,605 439% 1,957 MB/s	4K Read 56.5 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 73.9 259% 93.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,062 DQ Write 927 DQ Mixed 1060 777% 1,016 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 316% Great: 410%
Toshiba MD04ACA500 5TB-$154 3,810 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 377GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 22 18 18 24 24 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	7.27% Terrible	Read 5 Write 15.2 Mixed 11 SusWrite 20.4 10% 12.9 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 13% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 7.27% Great: 110%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 333GB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 16 12 12 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	9.68% Terrible	Read 15.5 Write 24 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 17.3 15% 19.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.1 71% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 9.68% Great: 87%
Microsoft Virtual Disk 69GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 42GB free Firmware: 1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 22 18 19 25 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	7.41% Terrible	Read 5.5 Write 40.5 Mixed 9 SusWrite 20.4 14% 18.9 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 11% 0.03 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.41% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 30.4 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 39.1 SC Mixed 27.7 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 114%

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Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE AC - $241

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	1,200x
Core i9-10850KIntel $249Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	450x
Core i5-10600KIntel $137Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	405x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $497Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	548x
RTX 3080Nvidia $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	448x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	193x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	272x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	207x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 275%, 495,311 samples	168x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	109x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	102x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	100x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,115

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