Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 151% UFO	Desktop 111% UFO	Workstation 165% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 110%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	136% 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	348% 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.

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, 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	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '21 at 03:47
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$279 84,873 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 166 2-Core 324 107% 196 Pts	4-Core 654 8-Core 1,277 114% 966 Pts	64-Core 2,172 134% 2,172 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$385 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3726) CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 183 Parallax 202 152% 191 fps	MRender 200 Gravity 161 Splatting 136 132% 166 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 134%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$106 276,089 User benchmarks, average bench 394% 509GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2080 2088 2043 2048 2075 2072 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	348% Outstanding	Read 2,546 Write 2,234 Mixed 2,173 SusWrite 2,068 507% 2,255 MB/s	4K Read 57.5 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 63.2 236% 82.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,165 DQ Write 986 DQ Mixed 1,008 774% 1,053 MB/s
Poor: 274% ↑ This bench: 348% Great: 488%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 4266 C16 2x8GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4300 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 39.6 MC Write 47.5 MC Mixed 31.3 113% 39.5 GB/s	SC Read 24.2 SC Write 54.7 SC Mixed 35.1 109% 38 GB/s	Latency 45.1 89% 45.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

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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 - $383

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	3,386x
Core i9-10900KIntel $410Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,482x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,073x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,758x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,083x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	894x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,358x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	832x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	523x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $128Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	610x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	372x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	308x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,720

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16