Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	120% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1842 x 1036 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200323
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '20 at 02:15
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-10100-$90 24,563 User benchmarks, average bench 80% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 136 2-Core 263 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 725 72% 588 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$195 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2310 MHz, MLim: 3570 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 93.5 Parallax 86.5 83% 94.1 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 86.2 Splatting 81.3 78% 97.5 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 76%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 351GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 431 480 481 455 351 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 472 Mixed 404 SusWrite 408 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 56.9 189% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 355 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	MC Read 34 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 22.6 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 26.5 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 95%

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

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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 - $350

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	3,403x
Core i9-10900KIntel $430Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,493x
Core i9-10850KIntel $249Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,084x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $700Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,774x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,088x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	899x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $103Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,364x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	834x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	525x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $120Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	613x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	375x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	310x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,497

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16