Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 99.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	207% 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	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.

System	Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181018
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '19 at 15:08
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 286 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 558 8-Core 767 84% 663 Pts	64-Core 823 51% 823 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 103%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1093 1127 1125 1053 1115 1125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 967 Write 1,040 Mixed 726 SusWrite 1,106 217% 960 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 59.7 206% 75.5 MB/s	DQ Read 888 DQ Write 766 DQ Mixed 594 509% 749 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 210%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 346GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 114 121 122 120 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 67 Write 93.3 Mixed 55.4 SusWrite 118 61% 83.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.1 200% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 164 164 111 65 56 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 40% Great: 90%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 930GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 185 187 187 188 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 181 Mixed 99.6 SusWrite 186 122% 166 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 268GB free Firmware: 0502 SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 18 13 0.5 0.5 0.5 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	25.4% Poor	Read 80.8 Write 10.2 Mixed 26.8 SusWrite 7.6 23% 31.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.2 52% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 52,667 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 26.3 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 28.7 80% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 103%

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Gaming 114%

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X - $225

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	2,973x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	2,729x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,636x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	935x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	871x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	770x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	454x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	443x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	345x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	481x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	400x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	337x

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Value: 117% - Outstanding

Total price: $775

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 $177	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