Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 99%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	276% 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, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '21 at 20:19
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (58^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% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	99% Outstanding	Memory 84.9 1-Core 153 2-Core 304 98% 181 Pts	4-Core 606 8-Core 1,033 100% 820 Pts	64-Core 1,609 100% 1,609 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 94.7 Reflection 112 Parallax 99 77% 102 fps	Gravity 96.2 Splatting 87.6 81% 91.9 fps
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 690GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1757 1716 1716 1714 1712 1714 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 1,948 Write 2,257 Mixed 1,964 SusWrite 1,721 446% 1,973 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 60 206% 74.5 MB/s	DQ Read 513 DQ Write 810 DQ Mixed 617 480% 646 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 347%
SK hynix SH920 2.5 256GB 2,404 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 73GB free Firmware: 1010CL00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 400 401 402 402 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 392 Mixed 339 SusWrite 384 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 28 108% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 237 201% 294 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 91%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 420GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 118 119 118 118 119 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	61% Good	Read 94.2 Write 96.7 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 118 60% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$114 144,399 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.4% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 22.1 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 21.8 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 114%

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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	3,347x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,459x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,052x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,734x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,077x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	888x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,344x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	818x
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	304x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $1,656

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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