Asus ROG STRIX Z490-F GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 99.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	273% 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-F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200323
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '20 at 12:14
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900-$274 11,130 User benchmarks, average bench 94% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Memory 87.9 1-Core 153 2-Core 302 98% 181 Pts	4-Core 596 8-Core 1,112 102% 854 Pts	64-Core 2,000 124% 2,000 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 96 Reflection 87.5 Parallax 82.9 78% 88.8 fps	Gravity 79.9 Splatting 75.4 68% 77.7 fps
Poor: 65% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 899 613 615 615 603 596 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	273% Outstanding	Read 2,522 Write 2,371 Mixed 1,624 SusWrite 657 400% 1,794 MB/s	4K Read 61.4 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 80.4 271% 94.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,203 DQ Write 966 DQ Mixed 1,086 812% 1,085 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 273% Great: 340%
Adata SU650 120GB-$14 42,288 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 102GB free Firmware: P1222A SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 431 429 430 432 432 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 506 Write 422 Mixed 393 SusWrite 431 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 16.3 112% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 78.3 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 20.7 65% 133 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 206 201 214 218 218 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	80% Excellent	Read 67.8 Write 107 Mixed 109 SusWrite 210 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1.1 294% 2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 106%
WD WD5000AVDS-63U7B1 500GB 24,608 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 449GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 89 89 90 90 90 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 90.5 Write 89.5 Mixed 62 SusWrite 89.2 61% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 129% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$114 144,399 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.8% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 22.4 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 23.6 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 114%

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Gaming 178%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 177%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z490-F GAMING - $371

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	1,429x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	682x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	599x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	598x
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	516x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	239x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	403x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	230x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	204x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	148x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	134x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	120x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,713

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16