Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 140% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	119% 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	294% 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	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.

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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201102
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '21 at 03:02
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900K-$440 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 159 2-Core 315 104% 190 Pts	4-Core 628 8-Core 1,187 108% 908 Pts	64-Core 2,088 129% 2,088 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Asus(1043 8727) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 155 Parallax 156 127% 156 fps	MRender 186 Gravity 136 Splatting 122 118% 148 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$97 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 631GB free (System drive) Firmware: 32B3T8EA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1334 993 939 940 941 940 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	294% Outstanding	Read 2,523 Write 1,694 Mixed 1,560 SusWrite 1,014 378% 1,698 MB/s	4K Read 58.7 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 81.6 267% 92.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,191 DQ Write 970 DQ Mixed 624 591% 928 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 294% Great: 372%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$146 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 868GB free Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 470 470 471 473 471 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 465 Mixed 410 SusWrite 471 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 51.2 170% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 287 235% 336 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 4x8GB 6,151 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 29.5 103% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 45.9 SC Mixed 31.5 94% 32.9 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 143%

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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 - $320

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	3,365x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,467x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,060x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,741x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,080x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	891x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,350x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $154Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	826x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	522x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $115Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	608x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	371x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	307x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,663

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16