Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ULTRA

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	70.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	238% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ULTRA (all builds)
Memory	54.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200617
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '21 at 23:12
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700K-$224 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 157 2-Core 302 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 590 8-Core 1,108 101% 849 Pts	64-Core 1,656 102% 1,656 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$209 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3790) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Lighting 93.2 Reflection 90.4 Parallax 78.4 76% 87.3 fps	MRender 66.9 Gravity 81.2 Splatting 73.7 61% 73.9 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 236GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 723 425 455 611 610 611 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 2,079 Write 2,236 Mixed 1,332 SusWrite 572 348% 1,555 MB/s	4K Read 55.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 71.9 234% 78.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,250 DQ Write 841 DQ Mixed 1,004 761% 1,032 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 340%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 417GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1404 1058 1049 1052 1050 1026 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	278% Outstanding	Read 2,056 Write 2,098 Mixed 1,424 SusWrite 1,106 375% 1,671 MB/s	4K Read 58.5 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 76.3 250% 85 MB/s	DQ Read 1321 DQ Write 937 DQ Mixed 1,091 825% 1,116 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 278% Great: 372%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 576GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 105 108 108 109 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 93.6 Write 66.2 Mixed 70.1 SusWrite 106 62% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 112%
ST2000DM 001-1CH164 2TB 107 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 540GB free, PID 1053 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 150 150 148 148 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 136 Write 104 Mixed 38.3 SusWrite 148 139% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 0.4 204% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3600C18-32GTZR 2x31.5GB 2,368 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 2 of 4 slots used 63GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 41.1 MC Write 42.8 MC Mixed 32.3 111% 38.7 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 49.5 SC Mixed 31.7 97% 34.1 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 136%

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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 $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	477x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	315x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	265x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	267x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	156x
RTX 3070Nvidia $490Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	121x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	178x
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: $1,683

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16