Asrock Z490 Steel Legend

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 125%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 111%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 135%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 111%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics112% 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 Drive62.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsrock Z490 Steel Legend  (all builds)
Memory12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200623
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 07 '21 at 18:31
Run Duration153 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing above expectations (65th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-10900K-$440
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Memory 96.3
1-Core 169
2-Core 336
108% 200 Pts
4-Core 671
8-Core 1,284
116% 977 Pts
64-Core 2,160
134% 2,160 Pts
Poor: 89%
This bench: 111%
Great: 106%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210
CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09
Performing below potential (28th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
112% Outstanding
Lighting 164
Reflection 158
Parallax 161
133% 161 fps
MRender 190
Gravity 138
Splatting 0
78% 109 fps
Poor: 105%
This bench: 112%
Great: 123%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Galax TA1D0240A 240GB
151GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM71.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 97 0.4 19 94 MB/s
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
62.7% Good
Read 192
Write 104
Mixed 312
SusWrite 76.2
38% 171 MB/s
4K Read 28.9
4K Write 80.7
4K Mixed 29.4
124% 46.3 MB/s
DQ Read 259
DQ Write 316
DQ Mixed 166
159% 247 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 62.7%
Great: 89%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37
217GB free
Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1235 834 832 835 841 840 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
280% Outstanding
Read 2,032
Write 2,221
Mixed 1,725
SusWrite 903
386% 1,720 MB/s
4K Read 49.5
4K Write 224
4K Mixed 79.1
295% 117 MB/s
DQ Read 1,344
DQ Write 1,043
DQ Mixed 1,198
895% 1,195 MB/s
Poor: 168%
This bench: 280%
Great: 297%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32
927GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 177 178 179 179 176 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
103% Outstanding
Read 182
Write 171
Mixed 117
SusWrite 178
119% 162 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1.2
237% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 103%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 78.CAGSV.AR70B 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
85.4% Excellent
MC Read 32.8
MC Write 31.9
MC Mixed 23.8
84% 29.5 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 36.5
SC Mixed 27.7
80% 27.8 GB/s
Latency 53
75% 53 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 85.4%
Great: 95%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z490 Steel Legend Builds (Compare 679 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 143%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 142%
UFO

Motherboard: Asrock Z490 Steel Legend

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 89% - Excellent Total price: $840
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