Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 130% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 98%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	117% 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	305% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	57.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '20 at 04:11
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10850K-$279 84,873 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Memory 80.3 1-Core 156 2-Core 309 97% 182 Pts	4-Core 618 8-Core 1,229 109% 923 Pts	64-Core 2,104 130% 2,104 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% MSI(1462 3903) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 190 Parallax 157 135% 171 fps	MRender 151 Gravity 109 Splatting 98.1 95% 119 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 458GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2168 2045 1161 1158 1158 1157 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	305% Outstanding	Read 2,548 Write 2,307 Mixed 1,486 SusWrite 1,475 437% 1,954 MB/s	4K Read 56.8 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 68.3 248% 88.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,201 DQ Write 448 DQ Mixed 537 473% 729 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 305% Great: 372%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 344GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 158 158 157 158 157 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 153 Write 147 Mixed 102 SusWrite 157 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 214% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 109%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 176 172 173 178 172 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 63% Great: 109%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 519GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 109 110 110 110 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 103 Write 101 Mixed 52 SusWrite 109 67% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 168% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2C3200C16 CMW32GX4M2C3200C16 CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 64GB 110 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.5% Good	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 19.4 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 21.6 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 79.9 50% 79.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 107%

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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	3,369x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,479x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,066x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,747x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,081x
RTX 3090Nvidia $785Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	892x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,355x
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	371x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	308x

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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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16