Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 120% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 98.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	114% 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	140% 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	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '20 at 01:01
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900F-$225 8,499 User benchmarks, average bench 95% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Memory 89.3 1-Core 151 2-Core 301 98% 180 Pts	4-Core 574 8-Core 993 95% 784 Pts	64-Core 1,987 123% 1,987 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$396 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 379F) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 146 Parallax 149 124% 149 fps	MRender 176 Gravity 132 Splatting 95.3 106% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$194 3,881 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 590 263 507 436 272 874 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 915 Write 288 Mixed 285 SusWrite 490 109% 495 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 41.1 156% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 891 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 275 280% 474 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 211%
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 222GB free Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 148 7.3 7.3 7.1 7.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 504 Write 441 Mixed 400 SusWrite 87.7 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 6.3 4K Mixed 0.4 28% 7.6 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 92%
Seagate ST6000VN0041-2EL11C 6TB 247 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: SC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 226 228 229 228 228 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 51% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 110 108 108 109 110 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 89.2 Write 65.7 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 109 59% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 130% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x16GB 399 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.2% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 21.8 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 21.8 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 86%

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

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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-E GAMING - $320

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	3,355x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,464x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,055x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,739x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,077x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	891x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,348x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	821x
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: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,672

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