Asus ROG STRIX Z490-H GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '21 at 21:32
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 148 2-Core 266 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 917 86% 716 Pts	64-Core 1168 72% 1168 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Asus(1043 86CF) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 102 Reflection 97.8 Parallax 84.2 83% 94.6 fps	Gravity 86.8 Splatting 78.6 73% 82.7 fps
Poor: 62% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 503 Write 480 Mixed 450 107% 478 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 61.9 210% 73.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 354 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 128%
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 120GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 14GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 82 88 98 102 MB/s Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	59.6% Above average	Read 147 Write 120 Mixed 137 SusWrite 94.7 28% 125 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 32.8 139% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 112 89% 123 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 83%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 59GB free Firmware: DXT09B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 132 132 132 131 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 468 Write 137 Mixed 134 SusWrite 132 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 22.2 126% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 50.6 84% 167 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 282GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 118 118 120 120 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 122 Write 118 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 119 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 109%
Samsung HD401LJ 400GB 1,767 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 146GB free Firmware: ZZ100-15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 56 55 58 57 56 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 59.8 Write 63.7 Mixed 40.2 SusWrite 56.4 40% 55 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB 16,566 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 16.7 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 21.4 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 116%

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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-H GAMING

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	327x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	209x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	198x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	136x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	133x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $499Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	94x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	110x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	60x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	42x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	48x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	26x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 90%, 54,651 samples	25x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $1,007

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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