Asrock Z490 Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.26% 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	249% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z490 Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200623
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '20 at 20:24
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	8%

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 i5-10600K-$144 70,951 User benchmarks, average bench 92% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Memory 91.2 1-Core 155 2-Core 311 101% 186 Pts	4-Core 581 8-Core 992 95% 787 Pts	64-Core 1,239 77% 1,239 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 39,219 User benchmarks, average bench 5% ASRock(1849 9BC5) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7926 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.26% Terrible	Lighting 6.83 Reflection 12.3 Parallax 9.12 6% 9.42 fps	MRender 13.1 Gravity 7.77 Splatting 16.4 11% 12.4 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.26% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8500G 500GB 87,883 User benchmarks, average bench 197% 327GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1551 1580 1565 1550 1112 532 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 1,432 Write 1,477 Mixed 1,131 SusWrite 1315 302% 1,339 MB/s	4K Read 56.8 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 75.7 252% 87.8 MB/s	DQ Read 757 DQ Write 739 DQ Mixed 347 371% 614 MB/s
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 277%
Seagate ST2000LM007-1R8174 2TB 71,657 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2TB free Firmware: EB01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 113 112 118 126 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 122 Write 122 Mixed 68.1 SusWrite 119 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$80 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 29.4 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 45.2 SC Mixed 30.8 91% 32 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 114%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z490 Steel Legend

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	150x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	65x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	65x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	102x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	70x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	43x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	30x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	22x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	19x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	25x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	22x
CMW16GX4M2D3600C18 2x8GBCorsairBench 88%, 48,405 samples	19x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $776

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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