Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 120% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 98.5%, 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	137% 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	28.1 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 01:19
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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-$244 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 (77^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Memory 87.9 1-Core 152 2-Core 288 96% 176 Pts	4-Core 585 8-Core 1,054 98% 819 Pts	64-Core 1,947 120% 1,947 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 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 147 Parallax 146 124% 148 fps	MRender 168 Gravity 129 Splatting 97.7 104% 132 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% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 580 584 287 1074 1035 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 769 Write 1,150 Mixed 522 SusWrite 661 175% 775 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 77.6 4K Mixed 40.9 144% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 498 DQ Write 485 DQ Mixed 186 224% 390 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 211%
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 222GB free Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 401 7 7.3 7 7.3 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 508 Write 448 Mixed 403 SusWrite 144 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 11.9 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 17.9 74% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 32.9 84% 172 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 92%
Seagate ST6000VN0041-2EL11C 6TB 247 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: SC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 226 227 226 229 225 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 51% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 108 110 110 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 92.2 Write 69 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 109 62% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 57.8% 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	73.9% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 21.6 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 22.1 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 69.6 57% 69.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 73.9% 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 - $383

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	3,366x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,474x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,063x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,743x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,081x
RTX 3090Nvidia $835Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	891x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,353x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	827x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	522x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	608x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	371x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	307x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,723

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16