Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 111% UFO	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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	93.6% 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	326% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	119.9 GB free of 128 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '20 at 01:39
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900K-$440 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 170 2-Core 340 108% 201 Pts	4-Core 676 8-Core 1,316 118% 996 Pts	64-Core 2,029 126% 2,029 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro RTX 4000 9,173 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Nvidia(10DE 12A0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.77 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.6% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 124 Parallax 114 93% 117 fps	MRender 162 Gravity 100 Splatting 98.8 96% 120 fps
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 102%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 17,176 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 574GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1716 1785 1837 1852 1771 1829 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	326% Outstanding	Read 2,290 Write 1,858 Mixed 1,664 SusWrite 1,798 427% 1,903 MB/s	4K Read 54.1 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 70.9 238% 82.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,260 DQ Write 1035 DQ Mixed 1,146 859% 1,147 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 326% Great: 372%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 596GB free Firmware: 411040RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 470 476 475 478 478 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 482 Mixed 380 SusWrite 476 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 51.3 180% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 252 215% 316 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 117%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 151 153 153 152 153 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 168 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 152 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW128GX4M4D3600C18 4x31.8GB 1,472 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 4 of 4 slots used 127GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 41.9 MC Mixed 31.9 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 49.9 SC Mixed 32.1 98% 34.4 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 153%

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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 - $383

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	3,381x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,481x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,072x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,757x
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,083x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	892x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,355x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	829x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	523x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	610x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	372x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	308x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,725

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16