Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	76.9% 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	112% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	58.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '20 at 22:05
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (50^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% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 84.7 1-Core 113 2-Core 316 90% 171 Pts	4-Core 635 8-Core 1216 110% 925 Pts	64-Core 2,163 134% 2,163 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Asus(1043 8539) CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.9% Very good	Lighting 95.9 Reflection 113 Parallax 101 78% 103 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 94.6 Splatting 86.6 75% 91.7 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$123 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 438 457 455 457 451 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 475 Mixed 375 SusWrite 450 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 43.5 155% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 343 261% 352 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 466GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1326 1180 827 831 821 819 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 1,350 Write 1,169 Mixed 1,113 SusWrite 967 258% 1,150 MB/s	4K Read 64.8 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 87.7 290% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1117 DQ Write 972 DQ Mixed 1,069 795% 1,053 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 355%
Seagate ST8000NE0021-2EN 8TB 98 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 1TB free Firmware: EN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 133 134 134 134 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 135 Write 114 Mixed 88.5 SusWrite 133 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.9 4K Mixed 1.1 286% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 127%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 151 104 109 111 124 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 162 Write 152 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 119 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 101%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 144GB free Firmware: 04.04V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 104 103 104 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 120 Write 118 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 104 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 69%
WD Elements 25A3 4TB 7,568 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 545GB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	22.1% Poor	Read 37.5 Write 37.2 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 41.8 51% 37.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 116% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 105%
H/W DISK 1 2TB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 150GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.1 0 0 0.1 0 56 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	20% Poor	Read 90.5 Write 86 Mixed 52 SusWrite 9.4 74% 59.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 75% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 49%
H/W DISK 2 1.5TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 633GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 92 91 85 87 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 58.2 Write 57 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 89.2 89% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 72% 1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 35%
H/W DISK 3 1.5TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 754GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 91 85 87 91 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Read 48.3 Write 104 Mixed 55.5 SusWrite 89 108% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 81% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2C3333C16 4x16GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.9% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.2 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 23.7 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 117%

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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 - $350

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	3,391x
Core i9-10900KIntel $399Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,487x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,079x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,766x
RTX 3070Nvidia $455Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,086x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	895x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,360x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	833x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	524x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $115Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	611x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	373x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	309x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $1,681

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16