Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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.
Boot Drive	256% 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	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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '20 at 13:29
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700K-$236 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Memory 87.1 1-Core 155 2-Core 299 98% 180 Pts	4-Core 594 8-Core 1,078 100% 836 Pts	64-Core 1,610 100% 1,610 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C752) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 124 Parallax 142 107% 132 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 117 Splatting 104 106% 134 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 748GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1310 1283 1309 1205 1182 1173 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 1270 Write 1,072 Mixed 1,035 SusWrite 1,244 260% 1,155 MB/s	4K Read 59.5 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 79.7 262% 90.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,185 DQ Write 961 DQ Mixed 1,075 804% 1,074 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 372%
WDC WDS250G2B0A-00SM50 250GB 12,305 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 72GB free Firmware: 401020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 205 219 218 217 219 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 424 Write 268 Mixed 257 SusWrite 222 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 86.1 4K Mixed 46.5 146% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 237 202% 298 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 105%
Sandisk G5 BICS4 500GB 7,142 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 387GB free Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 219 219 221 222 221 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 479 Mixed 380 SusWrite 232 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 31.7 141% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 253 212% 309 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 2,787 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41% Average	MC Read 14 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.7 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 15.2 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 103%

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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 $1,148Bench 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 $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