Asus ROG STRIX Z490-F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 98.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.5% 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	286% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	54.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210113
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '21 at 11:32
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Memory 80.8 1-Core 156 2-Core 314 98% 183 Pts	4-Core 620 8-Core 1,130 105% 875 Pts	64-Core 2,120 131% 2,120 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.5% Excellent	Lighting 99.3 Reflection 113 Parallax 102 81% 105 fps	MRender 93.3 Gravity 97.7 Splatting 99.9 80% 97 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 373GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2035 943 807 809 805 820 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	286% Outstanding	Read 2,625 Write 2,330 Mixed 1,824 SusWrite 1,036 437% 1,954 MB/s	4K Read 54.3 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 77 244% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,018 DQ Write 855 DQ Mixed 933 700% 935 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 286% Great: 355%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 894GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2366 2217 1484 1512 1510 1509 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	339% Outstanding	Read 2,611 Write 2,331 Mixed 1,930 SusWrite 1,766 485% 2,160 MB/s	4K Read 62.1 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 80.1 263% 89 MB/s	DQ Read 1,080 DQ Write 947 DQ Mixed 1,010 758% 1,012 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 339% Great: 410%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 328GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	19.6% Very poor	Read 37.2 Write 41.5 Mixed 39.1 SusWrite 42.2 9% 40 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 15.3 4K Mixed 13.9 46% 14.1 MB/s	DQ Read 26.8 DQ Write 26.3 DQ Mixed 15.8 15% 23 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 97%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 24GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 30 20 20 20 20 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 135 Write 91.8 Mixed 104 SusWrite 33.3 114% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 4.2 275% 4.27 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2C3200C16 4x16GB 18,655 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.2% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 21.5 70% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 22.3 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 79.1 51% 79.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 123%

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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-F GAMING - $371

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	1,419x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	674x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	595x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	596x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	510x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	236x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	399x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	229x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	203x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	146x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	133x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	119x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,726

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