Asrock Z490 Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 156% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 144% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	155% 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	285% 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.

Run History

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	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200623
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '21 at 08:20
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10600K-$144 70,951 User benchmarks, average bench 92% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 151 2-Core 285 99% 178 Pts	4-Core 559 8-Core 900 89% 729 Pts	64-Core 1,194 74% 1,194 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Gigabyte(1458 404D) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	155% Outstanding	Lighting 229 Reflection 212 Parallax 204 186% 215 fps	MRender 199 Gravity 158 Splatting 140 133% 166 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 290GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2055 608 608 610 609 623 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	285% Outstanding	Read 2,385 Write 2,019 Mixed 1,482 SusWrite 852 376% 1,685 MB/s	4K Read 62.6 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 85.1 285% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 1,222 DQ Write 999 DQ Mixed 1,125 838% 1,115 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 285% Great: 340%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 193 189 190 191 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 154 Mixed 76.6 SusWrite 191 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 209 208 210 210 211 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 207 Write 162 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 209 120% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$80 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 41.1 MC Mixed 32.3 107% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 44 SC Mixed 31.9 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%

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Typical Z490 Steel Legend Builds (Compare 677 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 $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	150x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	65x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	65x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	102x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	70x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	43x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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 $158Bench 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 $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	22x
CMW16GX4M2D3600C18 2x8GBCorsairBench 88%, 48,405 samples	19x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $771

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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