Asrock Z490 Steel Legend

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics69.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive212% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
MotherboardAsrock Z490 Steel Legend  (all builds)
Memory28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200623
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 13 '20 at 00:38
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing below expectations (35th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-10700K-$220
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
95.3% Outstanding
Memory 91.1
1-Core 148
2-Core 283
96% 174 Pts
4-Core 534
8-Core 1,015
92% 774 Pts
64-Core 1629
101% 1629 Pts
Poor: 86%
This bench: 95.3%
Great: 104%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441
MSI(1462 3711) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 442.50
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
69.8% Good
Lighting 78.9
Reflection 90.8
Parallax 226
64% 132 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 79
Splatting 103
80% 98.1 fps
Poor: 128%
This bench: 69.8%
Great: 174%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92
112GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 236 226 219 213 206 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
212% Outstanding
Read 1,935
Write 1,241
Mixed 1,080
SusWrite 247
249% 1,126 MB/s
4K Read 55.2
4K Write 145
4K Mixed 77.9
260% 92.8 MB/s
DQ Read 963
DQ Write 788
DQ Mixed 894
664% 881 MB/s
Poor: 160%
This bench: 212%
Great: 280%
Adata SU800NS38 512GB
120GB free
Firmware: Q0518BS
SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 463 461 470 469 464 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Read 497
Write 356
Mixed 412
SusWrite 463
97% 432 MB/s
4K Read 29.8
4K Write 87.7
4K Mixed 42.4
146% 53.3 MB/s
DQ Read 300
DQ Write 323
DQ Mixed 257
208% 293 MB/s
Poor: 67%
This bench: 107%
Great: 121%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$95
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (10th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
73.6% Very good
MC Read 26.6
MC Write 28.1
MC Mixed 22.3
73% 25.7 GB/s
SC Read 16.9
SC Write 29.7
SC Mixed 23.8
67% 23.5 GB/s
Latency 65.7
61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 68%
This bench: 73.6%
Great: 123%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z490 Steel Legend Builds (Compare 679 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 143%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 142%
UFO

Motherboard: Asrock Z490 Steel Legend

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $860
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