Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 140% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	140% 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	28.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

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Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	16.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '21 at 22:38
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^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 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 83.4 1-Core 151 2-Core 288 95% 174 Pts	4-Core 564 8-Core 1,024 95% 794 Pts	64-Core 1,829 113% 1,829 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Zotac(19DA 2617) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	140% Outstanding	Lighting 202 Reflection 241 Parallax 0.1 165% 148 fps	MRender 171 Gravity 140 Splatting 133 119% 148 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2G0A-00JH30 1TB 17,953 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 765GB free (System drive) Firmware: UH510000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 2.2 2.1 50 4 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	28.7% Poor	Read 420 Write 246 Mixed 248 SusWrite 49 53% 241 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 12.6 4K Mixed 0.8 26% 8.57 MB/s	DQ Read 75.7 DQ Write 4.6 DQ Mixed 27.9 23% 36.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 106%
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: N1007C SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 405 407 403 394 360 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 408 Mixed 312 SusWrite 396 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 34.6 122% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 198 172% 253 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 105%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 348GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1166 1138 1140 1009 941 876 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 1,268 Write 1,146 Mixed 1,092 SusWrite 1,045 256% 1,138 MB/s	4K Read 52.1 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 69.3 230% 80 MB/s	DQ Read 1,241 DQ Write 986 DQ Mixed 1,116 834% 1,114 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 372%
Seagate ST1000NM0011 1TB 6,787 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 931GB free Firmware: SN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 149 151 149 144 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 147 Write 145 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 147 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 200% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 2800 C16 Series 4x8GB 104 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	66.7% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 21.4 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 19.1 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 118%

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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	3,349x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,460x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,054x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,736x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,077x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	888x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,346x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	818x
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: 70% - Good

Total price: $1,656

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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