Asrock Z490 Phantom Gaming 4/2.5G

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z490 Phantom Gaming 4/2.5G (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200514
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '20 at 08:13
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10600KF-$123 24,257 User benchmarks, average bench 92% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Memory 91.9 1-Core 155 2-Core 309 101% 185 Pts	4-Core 568 8-Core 976 94% 772 Pts	64-Core 1,230 76% 1,230 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 144 Parallax 128 110% 135 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 132 Splatting 108 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 484 Write 473 Mixed 442 104% 467 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 56.5 186% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 354 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$99 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 216GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 140 139 139 131 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 148 Write 145 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 136 83% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 149% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.5% Very good	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 21.4 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 22.2 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 111%

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Typical Z490 Phantom Gaming 4/2.5G Builds (Compare 147 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 143%

UFO

Desktop 100%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 142%

UFO

Motherboard: Asrock Z490 Phantom Gaming 4/2.5G

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	49x
Core i5-10600KIntel $154Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	18x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	16x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $490Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	28x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	10x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $238Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	8x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	19x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	9x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	6x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 90%, 54,651 samples	9x
BL8G30C15U4R.M8FE 2x8GBCrucialBench 83%, 4,507 samples	9x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x16GBUnknownBench 83%, 45,647 samples	7x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $788

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16