Gigabyte GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS Ultra

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	69.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	220% 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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z390 AORUS ULTRA
Motherboard	Gigabyte GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS Ultra (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191218
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '20 at 10:40
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	45%

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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 i5-9600K-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 132 2-Core 269 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 658 73% 578 Pts	64-Core 715 44% 715 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.9% Good	Lighting 85.6 Reflection 95.8 Parallax 87.8 70% 89.7 fps	MRender 83.8 Gravity 83.4 Splatting 88.9 70% 85.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 253GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 830 650 609 609 607 588 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 1699 Write 1,667 Mixed 1163 SusWrite 649 290% 1,294 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 59.9 187% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,220 DQ Write 1,187 DQ Mixed 1,283 942% 1,230 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 340%
Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016)-$114 4,022 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 22GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 102 99 103 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 89.2 Write 93.5 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 101 62% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 690GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 197 197 196 196 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 178 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 196 120% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown AR36C18S8K2HU416R 2x8GB 4,650 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 35 MC Mixed 29.4 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 27 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 114%

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

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Desktop 102%

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Workstation 150%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS Ultra - $350

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,310x
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	2,239x
Core i9-9900KFIntel $295Bench 98%, 50,265 samples	485x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	825x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	622x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	546x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	689x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	602x
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	245x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,410

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 $40	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