Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	246% 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	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '20 at 02:25
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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-$220 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 159 2-Core 317 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 611 8-Core 1,127 104% 869 Pts	64-Core 1,645 102% 1,645 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$910 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% Gigabyte(1458 403F) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 457.30 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 256 Reflection 240 Parallax 300 209% 265 fps	Gravity 233 Splatting 141 159% 187 fps
Poor: 163% Great: 202%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 801GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1178 1176 1251 1163 1078 1091 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 1,317 Write 1083 Mixed 1057 SusWrite 1,156 259% 1,153 MB/s	4K Read 58.2 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 74.1 247% 84 MB/s	DQ Read 1,138 DQ Write 940 DQ Mixed 1,032 775% 1,037 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 372%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$41 87,344 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3500 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 25.5 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 26.9 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 120%

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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	3,371x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,478x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,066x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,748x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,083x
RTX 3090Nvidia $785Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	892x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,354x
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	523x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	608x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	370x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	308x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,722

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 $176	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16