Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 97.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	40GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 40GB 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	22.5 GB free of 40 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	8.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '21 at 18:28
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Memory 80.5 1-Core 162 2-Core 321 100% 188 Pts	4-Core 610 8-Core 1,144 105% 877 Pts	64-Core 1,784 110% 1,784 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6264) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Lighting 79.8 Reflection 77.2 Parallax 70.8 65% 75.9 fps	MRender 64 Gravity 74.4 Splatting 69.6 57% 69.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 83 72 62 90 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 480 Write 212 Mixed 238 SusWrite 75.5 55% 251 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 57.2 4K Mixed 14.6 90% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 80.3 DQ Mixed 178 139% 200 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 83%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 290GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 87 86 91 90 91 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 75.5 Write 112 Mixed 56.1 SusWrite 89.5 61% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC98 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 87 98 92 91 98 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 106 Write 107 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 93.1 68% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 Crucial CT16G4DFD8266.M16FE Crucial CT16G4DFD8266.M16FE 40GB 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.1% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.3 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 20.4 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 79.6 50% 79.6 ns

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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	3,357x
Core i9-10900KIntel $442Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,465x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,057x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,739x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,078x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	891x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,348x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	822x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	521x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	608x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	369x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	305x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $1,390

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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