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 above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	37.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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	13.4 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 29 '21 at 01:20
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 268 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 781 76% 624 Pts	64-Core 779 48% 779 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 89.8% 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 6.8 Reflection 9.8 Parallax 8.1 6% 8.23 fps	Gravity 6.8 Splatting 0.2 3% 3.5 fps
Poor: 4% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 151 190 279 152 314 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	37.3% Below average	Read 195 Write 87.2 Mixed 83.3 SusWrite 233 34% 150 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 20.7 4K Mixed 10 44% 14.7 MB/s	DQ Read 15 DQ Write 75.4 DQ Mixed 162 90% 84.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 100%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$95 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 178 180 181 180 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 162 Mixed 73.4 SusWrite 180 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 108%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 108 109 109 109 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 106 Write 81.7 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 108 66% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 169% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 67%
Generic Flash Disk 4GB 16,068 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 3GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 12 12 12 12 12 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	6.91% Terrible	Read 20 Write 9.2 Mixed 4.7 SusWrite 12 14% 11.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 22% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 6.91% Great: 7%

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 (69^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 24.1 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 35.2 SC Mixed 27.5 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 85.6% 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 - $371

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	1,435x
Core i9-10900KIntel $410Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	684x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	601x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	599x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	516x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	240x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $75Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	407x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	231x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	204x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $128Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	150x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	135x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	120x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $1,697

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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 i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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