Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 142% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 158% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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	141% 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	249% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	23.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '21 at 00:49
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900K-$440 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 85 1-Core 159 2-Core 316 100% 187 Pts	4-Core 631 8-Core 1,228 110% 929 Pts	64-Core 2,097 130% 2,097 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$490 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% EVGA(3842 3755) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	141% Outstanding	Lighting 206 Reflection 188 Parallax 178 168% 191 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 142 Splatting 126 120% 150 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 2TB 13,829 User benchmarks, average bench 350% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM53.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1437 1421 1402 1392 1380 1384 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 992 Write 1,325 Mixed 1,099 SusWrite 1,402 273% 1,205 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 70.5 236% 88.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,233 DQ Write 1,024 DQ Mixed 1,140 851% 1,133 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 556%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 188 196 198 184 176 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 40% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 46,140 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.7% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 22 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 23.6 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 119%

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

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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 - $383

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	3,376x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,479x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,070x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,752x
RTX 3070Nvidia $490Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,083x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	892x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,355x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	828x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	523x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	609x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	370x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	308x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,725

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16