Gigabyte GA-Z790 AORUS ELITE

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 113% UFO	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 125%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	6.41% 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	560% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z790 AORUS ELITE (all builds)
Memory	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20231214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '24 at 09:28
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-14900K-$500 12,283 User benchmarks, average bench 131% U3E1, 1 CPU, 24 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Memory 74.8 1-Core 240 2-Core 478 134% 264 Pts	4-Core 934 8-Core 1,809 163% 1,371 Pts	64-Core 4,141 256% 4,141 Pts
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 137%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 770 8,462 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: <> Ver. 31.0.101.4575 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	6.41% Terrible	Lighting 9.9 Reflection 15.1 Parallax 11.5 8% 12.2 fps	MRender 13.7 Gravity 0.1 Splatting 0.1 3% 4.63 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.41% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 990 Pro M.2 1TB-$105 34,940 User benchmarks, average bench 402% 511GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B2QJXD7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 4710 4737 2577 1417 1392 1436 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	560% Outstanding	Read 3,260 Write 4,857 Mixed 3,625 SusWrite 2,712 818% 3,613 MB/s	4K Read 101 4K Write 332 4K Mixed 153 525% 195 MB/s	DQ Read 2,447 DQ Write 2,113 DQ Mixed 2,257 1,698% 2,272 MB/s
Poor: 275% ↑ This bench: 560% Great: 507%
Lexar ARES 4TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 513% 4TB free Firmware: 12237 SusWrite @10s intervals: 4013 4000 3952 3824 3990 4041 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	632% Outstanding	Read 3,777 Write 4,511 Mixed 3,125 SusWrite 3,970 869% 3,846 MB/s	4K Read 78.5 4K Write 308 4K Mixed 122 439% 170 MB/s	DQ Read 2,577 DQ Write 2,083 DQ Mixed 1,681 1,435% 2,114 MB/s
Poor: 336% ↑ This bench: 632% Great: 632%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMT64GX5M2B5200C40 1x31GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 1 of 4 slots used 31GB DIMM 22h 4000 MHz clocked @ 5200 MHz Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 27.1 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 23 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 79.3 50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 95%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	60	31.5"	2560 1440	VSCE635 VX3276-QHD

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Gaming 442%

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Desktop 123%

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Workstation 528%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z790 AORUS ELITE

CPU
Core i7-13700KIntel $329Bench 126%, 41,056 samples	63x
Core i9-13900KIntel $460Bench 129%, 49,132 samples	38x
Core i7-13700KFIntel $340Bench 126%, 20,009 samples	26x

GPU
RTX 4090Nvidia $1,500Bench 370%, 25,956 samples	38x
RTX 4070-TiNvidia $634Bench 240%, 46,082 samples	33x
RTX 3080Nvidia $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	19x

SSD
990 Pro M.2 2TBSamsung $165Bench 449%, 61,354 samples	28x
Black SN770 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWDBench 449%, 54,201 samples	11x
MZVL21T0HCLR-00B00 1TBSamsungBench 345%, 21,743 samples	9x

RAM
CMH32GX5M2X7200C34 4x16GBCorsairBench 175%, 310 samples	14x
TZ/RJ/FX DDR5 6400 C36 2x16GBG.SKILL $105Bench 173%, 39,467 samples	11x
KF560C40-16 2x16GBKingstonBench 175%, 7,223 samples	9x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $1,994

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