Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	158% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200916
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '21 at 19:41
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 way below expectations (4^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 96.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 276 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 686 60% 511 Pts	64-Core 752 46% 752 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 103%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte GP-GSM2NE3256GNTD 256GB 10,769 User benchmarks, average bench 163% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: EDFM00.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1075 748 196 185 187 494 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 239 Mixed 1,008 SusWrite 481 126% 554 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 61.6 225% 85.9 MB/s	DQ Read 702 DQ Write 1,115 DQ Mixed 682 580% 833 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 226%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 96GB free Firmware: M0CR070 SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 313 326 156 157 156 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 457 Write 459 Mixed 396 SusWrite 249 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 33.9 131% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 304 221% 284 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 95%
Gigabyte GP-GSM2NE3512GNTD 512GB 7,333 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 111GB free Firmware: EDFM00.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 466 467 467 465 468 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 1,032 Write 479 Mixed 454 SusWrite 466 135% 608 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 41.4 184% 75.6 MB/s	DQ Read 847 DQ Write 480 DQ Mixed 559 444% 629 MB/s
Poor: 99% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 239%
Hitachi HCT721050SLA380 500GB 146 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 389GB free Firmware: ST3OA31E SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 105 105 105 105 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 109 Write 102 Mixed 56.1 SusWrite 104 68% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 61%
WD WD2500BEVS-22UST0 250GB 10,566 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 36GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 41 41 43 42 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Read 35.1 Write 32.3 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 42 25% 34.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 32%
Seagate ST3320310CS 320GB 4,266 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 87GB free Firmware: SC14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 71 71 72 72 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 66.1 Write 71.1 Mixed 39.9 SusWrite 71.2 46% 62.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 3,287 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 26.9 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 27.7 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 110%

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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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Gaming 152%

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Desktop 102%

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Workstation 151%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER - $380

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	4,869x
Core i7-9700KIntel $295Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	1,610x
Core i9-9900KFIntel $295Bench 98%, 50,265 samples	557x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	1,304x
RTX 3080Nvidia $600Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	650x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	641x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	857x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	567x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	489x

RAM
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	289x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	278x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	255x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $1,326

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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