Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	85% 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	247% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	18.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200323
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '20 at 05:10
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900KF-$260 21,040 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 155 2-Core 310 102% 186 Pts	4-Core 598 8-Core 1,084 101% 841 Pts	64-Core 2,000 124% 2,000 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6284) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85% Excellent	Lighting 130 Reflection 133 Parallax 115 106% 126 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 119 Splatting 26 45% 58 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1098 935 905 843 819 787 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 1457 Write 1,267 Mixed 1236 SusWrite 898 273% 1,214 MB/s	4K Read 60.2 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 82.9 270% 93.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,180 DQ Write 1030 DQ Mixed 1,112 832% 1,107 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 410%
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 205GB free Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 159 174 177 168 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 480 Write 438 Mixed 385 SusWrite 204 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 93.3 4K Mixed 21.8 112% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 34.3 85% 174 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 76%
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 18GB free Firmware: 5.0.2a SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 145 88 78 81 79 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 444 Write 173 Mixed 228 SusWrite 104 52% 237 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 40 149% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 182 137% 182 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 82%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 169GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 907 643 623 585 552 528 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 1,937 Write 1,788 Mixed 886 SusWrite 640 292% 1,313 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 58.6 216% 80.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,078 DQ Write 1,112 DQ Mixed 844 704% 1,011 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 254%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 239GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 192 193 192 194 193 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 113 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 193 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.5 435% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 889GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 130 131 132 132 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 135 Write 130 Mixed 118 SusWrite 132 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 203% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GB 92,358 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	85.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 25.6 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 31.6 SC Mixed 25.9 72% 25 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 114%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 177%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING - $320

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	3,359x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,465x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,057x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,740x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,078x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	891x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,348x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	823x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	521x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	608x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	369x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	305x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $1,390

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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