Asrock Z490 Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 143% UFO	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 163% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	181% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	175% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z490 Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	40 GB free of 48 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200407
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '20 at 18:00
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900KF-$255 21,040 User benchmarks, average bench 99% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 93.7 2-Core 187 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 719 65% 546 Pts	64-Core 2,003 124% 2,003 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$910 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% MSI(1462 3896) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	181% Outstanding	Lighting 262 Reflection 241 Parallax 294 213% 265 fps	MRender 290 Gravity 220 Splatting 168 178% 226 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 202%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 542 612 620 593 608 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 1,898 Write 1,356 Mixed 765 SusWrite 574 255% 1,149 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 43.2 149% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 712 DQ Write 83.4 DQ Mixed 159 177% 318 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 254%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 169GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 453 435 447 308 320 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 463 Mixed 450 SusWrite 401 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 42.2 4K Mixed 40.9 132% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 65.2 DQ Mixed 141 124% 195 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 129%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 457GB free Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 915 437 437 438 438 431 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 1,556 Write 1,572 Mixed 1,294 SusWrite 516 277% 1,235 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 48.1 4K Mixed 42.3 145% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 782 DQ Write 67.9 DQ Mixed 132 170% 327 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 237%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3000 029E CMW32GX4M2C3200C16 04CB DDR4 3000 029E CMW32GX4M2C3200C16 48GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192, 16384 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 28.9 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 33.6 SC Mixed 23 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 88%

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

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Typical Z490 Steel Legend Builds (Compare 679 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z490 Steel Legend

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	151x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	65x
Core i5-10600KIntel $154Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	65x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $490Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	102x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	70x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	43x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	30x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	22x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	19x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	25x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	22x
CMW16GX4M2D3600C18 2x8GBCorsairBench 88%, 48,405 samples	19x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $854

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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16