Asus ROG STRIX Z490-H GAMING

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	159% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '21 at 00:00
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 155 2-Core 308 103% 187 Pts	4-Core 614 8-Core 1,158 106% 886 Pts	64-Core 2,002 124% 2,002 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 12A6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 174 Reflection 174 Parallax 175 142% 174 fps	Gravity 154 Splatting 128 123% 141 fps
Poor: 109% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 540 283 274 303 302 301 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 1,301 Write 1,066 Mixed 442 SusWrite 334 174% 786 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 34.4 138% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,089 DQ Write 930 DQ Mixed 664 592% 894 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 236%
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 118GB free Firmware: RG21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 210 194 178 205 219 MB/s Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	62.6% Good	Read 280 Write 204 Mixed 181 SusWrite 194 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 52.2 4K Mixed 26.4 93% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 156 140% 212 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 95%
WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN 500GB 18,375 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 127GB free Firmware: 102000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 964 674 663 661 689 687 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	185% Outstanding	Read 1303 Write 1325 Mixed 1,094 SusWrite 723 250% 1,111 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 45.7 159% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 928 DQ Write 840 DQ Mixed 866 654% 878 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 185% Great: 296%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 410GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 80 82 81 80 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 85.7 Write 58.5 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 80.5 50% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 13,205 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2100 MHz clocked @ 3100 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 29.3 102% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 29.7 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 103%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 177%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z490-H GAMING

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	327x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	209x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	198x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	136x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	133x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $600Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	94x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	110x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	60x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	42x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	48x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	26x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 90%, 54,651 samples	25x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $1,304

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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