Asus ROG STRIX Z490-H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	314% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '20 at 04:50
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-10100-$94 24,563 User benchmarks, average bench 80% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 241 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 713 71% 578 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3250) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1595 MHz, MLim: 1774 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 122 Parallax 107 88% 112 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 105 Splatting 95.3 82% 101 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 877GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2088 2146 1202 1181 1181 1182 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	314% Outstanding	Read 2,416 Write 2,253 Mixed 1,596 SusWrite 1,497 435% 1,940 MB/s	4K Read 57.1 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 76.8 259% 91.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,126 DQ Write 927 DQ Mixed 1,030 770% 1,028 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 314% Great: 372%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 100GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 407 311 295 292 286 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 467 Mixed 340 SusWrite 342 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 76.1 4K Mixed 38.5 137% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 141 164% 283 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 196 196 197 197 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 184 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 196 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 29.1 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 26.7 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 105%

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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-H GAMING

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	327x
Core i9-10900KIntel $442Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	209x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	198x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	136x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	133x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $499Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	94x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	110x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	60x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	42x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	48x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	26x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 90%, 54,651 samples	25x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $1,297

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 $40	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