Gigabyte GA-Z490 GAMING X AX

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	6.17% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	353% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z490 GAMING X AX (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201103
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '20 at 09:59
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10850K-$286 84,873 User benchmarks, average bench 99% U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 158 2-Core 312 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 616 8-Core 1,153 106% 885 Pts	64-Core 2,115 131% 2,115 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 39,219 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8336 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	6.17% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 10.5 Parallax 9.2 5% 8.6 fps	MRender 11.8 Gravity 7 Splatting 11.9 8% 10.2 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.17% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 761GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2415 2221 1543 1536 1497 1499 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	353% Outstanding	Read 2,576 Write 2,414 Mixed 1,813 SusWrite 1,785 482% 2,147 MB/s	4K Read 62.3 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 85.9 282% 97.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,300 DQ Write 1,109 DQ Mixed 1201 901% 1,204 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 353% Great: 410%
USB FLASH DRIVE 32GB 175 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 29GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 10 7.5 9.4 8.7 8.3 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	5.78% Terrible	Read 19.4 Write 11.8 Mixed 11.9 SusWrite 9.6 17% 13.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.2 20% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.78% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C18 2x16GB 17,559 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 29.2 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 45.5 SC Mixed 29.3 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 133%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 143%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z490 GAMING X AX

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	138x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	70x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	68x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	97x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	76x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	70x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	35x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	24x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	23x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 90%, 54,651 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	21x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 90%, 101,975 samples	17x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $731

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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