Gigabyte GA-Z590 AORUS ELITE AX

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 110%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	62.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	117% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z590 AORUS ELITE AX (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210416
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '21 at 18:56
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-11900K-$259 44,319 User benchmarks, average bench 103% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Memory 82.1 1-Core 193 2-Core 374 114% 216 Pts	4-Core 733 8-Core 1,307 123% 1,020 Pts	64-Core 1,810 112% 1,810 Pts
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% PNY(196E 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 88.3 Parallax 78.5 64% 81.7 fps	MRender 80.3 Gravity 76.8 Splatting 69.6 61% 75.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Western Digital SN730E 1TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 772GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111111EX SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 230 231 228 218 147 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	117% Outstanding	Read 571 Write 235 Mixed 337 SusWrite 213 75% 339 MB/s	4K Read 55 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 68.8 225% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 280 196% 247 MB/s
Poor: 117% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 147%
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$104 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 738GB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 449 460 454 460 458 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 459 Mixed 429 SusWrite 444 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 57.7 4K Mixed 47.1 152% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 85.3 DQ Mixed 205 157% 222 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 128%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 8TB 685 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 7.5TB free Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 31 31 31 30 31 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	32.4% Below average	Read 81.9 Write 41.9 Mixed 51.1 SusWrite 30.2 38% 51.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 167% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 173%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3200 4x8GB 25,190 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	85.2% Excellent	MC Read 33 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 24.7 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 25.4 SC Write 36.1 SC Mixed 29.3 86% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 113%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 7: 1R 0G 2B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
7%	13%	23	110	6	60	27.9"	2194 1234	AUS28CA ASUS VG289Q1A

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Gaming 150%

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Desktop 106%

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Workstation 151%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z590 AORUS ELITE AX

CPU
Core i7-11700KIntel $220Bench 101%, 65,651 samples	1,525x
Core i5-11600KIntel $178Bench 99%, 43,966 samples	760x
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	748x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	777x
RTX 3080Nvidia $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	635x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	570x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $105Bench 385%, 327,441 samples	423x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	366x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	278x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-3200C16-8GTZR 2x8GBGBench 90%, 10,185 samples	193x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	169x
CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 85%, 54,117 samples	147x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $825

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