Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 126% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	116% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	250% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '20 at 14:27
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700K-$236 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 151 2-Core 301 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 567 8-Core 1,202 103% 884 Pts	64-Core 1,665 103% 1,665 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 C726) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 142 Parallax 153 124% 149 fps	MRender 185 Gravity 132 Splatting 106 112% 141 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 694GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1278 1253 1270 1143 1151 1139 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 1,222 Write 1,044 Mixed 810 SusWrite 1,206 241% 1,070 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 76.1 239% 87.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,283 DQ Write 1,053 DQ Mixed 1,163 872% 1,166 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 425%
Micron Crucial X8 SSD 1TB 202 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 770GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 391 396 396 396 394 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Read 366 Write 377 Mixed 357 SusWrite 394 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 49.4 4K Mixed 40.5 137% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 45.2 76% 147 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 95%
Adata HD330 2TB 238 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 129 131 132 133 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 106 Write 131 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 132 83% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 68%
ADATA HD770G 1TB 138 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 784GB free, PID a93a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 131 132 132 132 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 138 Write 136 Mixed 19.2 SusWrite 132 138% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 36% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2D3600C18 2x8GB 48,405 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 37 MC Mixed 26 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 31.9 91% 32 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 121%

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Gaming 178%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 177%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING - $320

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	3,357x
Core i9-10900KIntel $442Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,465x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,056x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,739x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,078x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	891x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,348x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	821x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	521x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	608x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	369x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	305x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,675

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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