Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.4% 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	361% 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '21 at 23:13
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10850K-$286 84,873 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 258 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 1,005 90% 760 Pts	64-Core 1,746 108% 1,746 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.4% Excellent	Lighting 99.1 Reflection 111 Parallax 100 81% 103 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 96.6 Splatting 98.6 80% 97 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SHGP31-1000GM-2 1TB 9,764 User benchmarks, average bench 312% 874GB free (System drive) Firmware: 41060C20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2506 2484 2462 1978 1495 1477 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	361% Outstanding	Read 2,615 Write 2,249 Mixed 1,621 SusWrite 2067 480% 2,138 MB/s	4K Read 64.4 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 89.2 293% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,012 DQ Write 747 DQ Mixed 897 665% 885 MB/s
Poor: 181% ↑ This bench: 361% Great: 414%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 232GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 482 397 292 293 292 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 446 Mixed 429 SusWrite 372 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 59.5 196% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 355 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 128%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 466GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1274 1128 617 618 621 620 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 1295 Write 1,134 Mixed 1,044 SusWrite 813 240% 1,071 MB/s	4K Read 57.6 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 82.5 266% 92.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,115 DQ Write 948 DQ Mixed 1,028 771% 1,030 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 464GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 482 474 466 430 304 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 446 Mixed 411 SusWrite 439 100% 442 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 45.4 155% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 144 120% 177 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$160 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 39.7 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 29.9 104% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 43.4 SC Mixed 28.8 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% 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	3,348x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,462x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,054x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,737x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,077x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,280Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	889x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,346x
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 $184	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) $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