Gigabyte GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS Ultra

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% 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	77.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z390 AORUS ULTRA
Motherboard	Gigabyte GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS Ultra (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181011
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '19 at 06:27
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 82.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 88% 162 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 778 74% 613 Pts	64-Core 1,017 63% 1,017 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 2183) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 161 Parallax 171 140% 168 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 144 Splatting 105 113% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$113 27,087 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 422GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 331 329 355 368 385 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 447 Write 332 Mixed 283 SusWrite 347 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 40.2 4K Mixed 19.1 78% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 272 223% 319 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 116%
WD Purple Surveillance 3TB (2017)-$81 3,058 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 96 92 94 95 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 110 Write 120 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 94.3 71% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 110%
WD Purple Surveillance 3TB (2017)-$81 3,058 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 141 141 142 146 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 148 Write 135 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 143 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 110%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 11GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 6.8 7.5 7.2 6.4 7.9 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	20.5% Poor	Read 112 Write 6.5 Mixed 15.3 SusWrite 8 30% 35.6 MB/s	4K Read 10.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 42% 3.47 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$83 8,676 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 18.7 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 15.9 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 95%

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

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Gaming 152%

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Desktop 102%

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Workstation 150%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS Ultra - $330

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,315x
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	2,244x
Core i9-9900KFIntel $295Bench 98%, 50,265 samples	486x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	827x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	623x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	546x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	690x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	604x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	330x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	297x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	263x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	246x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,390

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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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