Asrock Z490 Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall 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.
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	75.1% 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	172% 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	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

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	Asrock Z490 Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201231
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '21 at 23:07
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700K-$236 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 152 2-Core 306 100% 184 Pts	4-Core 601 8-Core 1,095 102% 848 Pts	64-Core 1,624 100% 1,624 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Nvidia(10DE 12E1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.1% Very good	Lighting 95 Reflection 95 Parallax 85.1 77% 91.7 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 89.6 Splatting 75.8 71% 87.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS2280P4 256GB 1,607 User benchmarks, average bench 168% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0614B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 671 948 414 327 321 151 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 1,453 Write 962 Mixed 857 SusWrite 472 208% 936 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 33.2 191% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 930 DQ Mixed 374 367% 564 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 243%
Team T253E2001T 1TB 971 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 528GB free Firmware: H190117H SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 459 467 464 465 464 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 445 Write 483 Mixed 403 SusWrite 441 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 66.2 4K Mixed 47.3 158% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 278 212% 289 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 105%
WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB 294,991 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 738GB free Firmware: 04.01A04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 116 115 116 115 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 139 Write 109 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 114 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 79%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 271GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 139 138 141 139 144 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 142 Write 114 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 141 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 112%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: LVM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 127 129 131 131 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 123 Write 123 Mixed 55.1 SusWrite 128 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3600 2x8GB 18,355 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.3% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 19.5 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 22.1 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 112%

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Typical Z490 Steel Legend Builds (Compare 675 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 $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	69x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	43x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	25x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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