Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 138% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 151% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	132% 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	239% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	57.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '21 at 12:08
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th 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-$449 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 156 2-Core 312 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 618 8-Core 1,179 107% 898 Pts	64-Core 2,110 131% 2,110 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Gigabyte(1458 4051) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 167 Parallax 179 154% 178 fps	MRender 178 Gravity 135 Splatting 113 113% 142 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 QVO 4TB-$279 10,028 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 3TB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 435 444 443 445 442 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 464 Mixed 428 SusWrite 439 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 50.3 163% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 352 265% 355 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 128%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 261GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1074 846 839 838 836 837 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 2,006 Write 1,996 Mixed 1,675 SusWrite 878 368% 1,639 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 63.8 222% 82.9 MB/s	DQ Read 879 DQ Write 756 DQ Mixed 815 612% 817 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 297%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW64GX4M2E3200C16 2x31.5GB 4,665 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 63GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 27.8 96% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 42.3 SC Mixed 29.3 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 130%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 - $320

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	3,350x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,463x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,054x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,738x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,077x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	889x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,347x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	819x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	520x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	608x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	368x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	305x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,675

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	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