Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.11% 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	254% 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, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200721
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '20 at 22:29
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700-$233 71,010 User benchmarks, average bench 93% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 83.7 1-Core 148 2-Core 296 95% 176 Pts	4-Core 593 8-Core 1,074 100% 834 Pts	64-Core 1,609 100% 1,609 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Zotac(19DA 1503) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.38 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	6.11% Terrible	Lighting 0.83 Reflection 0.81 Parallax 0.16 1% 0.6 fps	MRender 0.14 Gravity 66.8 Splatting 0.17 17% 22.4 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 6.11% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 331GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1307 1178 807 806 814 790 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 1,430 Write 1,220 Mixed 1,168 SusWrite 950 268% 1,192 MB/s	4K Read 66.7 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 86.7 287% 98.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,218 DQ Write 1,006 DQ Mixed 1,115 834% 1,113 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 355%
Adata SU635 960GB-$65 1,560 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 233GB free Firmware: V8X01c89 SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 379 382 380 384 372 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 396 Write 365 Mixed 342 SusWrite 378 84% 370 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 31.2 112% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 190 145% 192 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 108%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 644GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2454 2195 1528 1543 1553 1552 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	366% Outstanding	Read 2,637 Write 2,462 Mixed 1,936 SusWrite 1,804 496% 2,210 MB/s	4K Read 68.7 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 93.2 308% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,339 DQ Write 1,115 DQ Mixed 1,221 916% 1,225 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 366% Great: 410%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 354 349 345 350 335 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 381 Write 320 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 348 205% 283 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 1.4 392% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 213%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 4x8GB 24,517 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.3% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 21.8 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 31.1 SC Mixed 23.1 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 105%

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

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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	3,358x
Core i9-10900KIntel $442Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,465x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,057x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,739x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,078x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	891x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,348x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	822x
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: $1,385

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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