Asus ROG STRIX Z490-F GAMING

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	57.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '21 at 10:52
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-10320 620 User benchmarks, average bench 90% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 282 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 778 77% 631 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 37,718 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9168 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 6.6 Reflection 9.7 Parallax 8 5% 8.1 fps	Gravity 6.7 Splatting 0.2 3% 3.45 fps
Poor: 4% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 147 150 143 150 152 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 294 Write 208 Mixed 209 SusWrite 159 49% 218 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 44 4K Mixed 23 94% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 54.9 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 172 129% 164 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 100%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$90 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 178 178 179 178 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 183 Mixed 84.8 SusWrite 178 115% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Read 32.8 Write 40.5 Mixed 33.3 SusWrite 41 27% 36.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB-$75 134,977 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 24.6 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 35.3 SC Mixed 26.7 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 97%

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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 - $299

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	1,443x
Core i9-10900KIntel $415Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	686x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	604x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $700Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	601x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	517x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	242x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $103Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	409x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	231x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $132Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	205x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $120Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	150x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	136x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	121x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,446

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16