Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 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.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics76% 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 Drive245% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING  (all builds)
Memory16.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200529
Uptime21.1 Days
Run DateDec 04 '20 at 04:58
Run Duration205 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 56%
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 PC Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-10700K-$236
LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
82.4% Excellent
Memory 74.3
1-Core 137
2-Core 263
86% 158 Pts
4-Core 485
8-Core 826
80% 656 Pts
64-Core 1525
94% 1525 Pts
Poor: 86%
This bench: 82.4%
Great: 104%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00
Performing below potential (27th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
76% Very good
Lighting 94.3
Reflection 99.8
Parallax 91.4
77% 95.2 fps
MRender 87.1
Gravity 93.8
Splatting 90.6
74% 90.5 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 76%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
396GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1652 875 877 879 875 874 MB/s
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
245% Outstanding
Read 1,880
Write 1,665
Mixed 1,418
SusWrite 1,005
334% 1,492 MB/s
4K Read 46.1
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 65.2
212% 74.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,085
DQ Write 828
DQ Mixed 1,007
740% 974 MB/s
Poor: 178%
This bench: 245%
Great: 355%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150
1TB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1035 1038 1043 1049 1051 1036 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
218% Outstanding
Read 1,184
Write 1,035
Mixed 1,025
SusWrite 1,042
241% 1,072 MB/s
4K Read 45.2
4K Write 93.5
4K Mixed 56
190% 64.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1,157
DQ Write 1,010
DQ Mixed 1,115
827% 1,094 MB/s
Poor: 223%
This bench: 218%
Great: 435%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$139
8.5TB free
Firmware: DN01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 237 240 233 235 236 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 111%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$80
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
62.7% Good
MC Read 23.6
MC Write 25
MC Mixed 21
66% 23.2 GB/s
SC Read 9.6
SC Write 21.5
SC Mixed 14.3
43% 15.1 GB/s
Latency 91.8
44% 91.8 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 62.7%
Great: 114%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING Builds (Compare 10,299 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 178%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 177%
UFO

Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING - $320

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $1,385
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HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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