Asrock Z490 Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	80.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	179% 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	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, 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	Asrock Z490 Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201231
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '21 at 00:09
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700K-$220 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 155 2-Core 302 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 602 8-Core 1,174 105% 888 Pts	64-Core 1663 103% 1663 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Nvidia(10DE 12E1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 102 Parallax 92.3 84% 99.3 fps	MRender 99.4 Gravity 94.5 Splatting 80.3 74% 91.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS2280P4 256GB 1,607 User benchmarks, average bench 168% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0614B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 646 956 964 582 81 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 1,425 Write 969 Mixed 860 SusWrite 564 213% 954 MB/s	4K Read 51.3 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 32.7 200% 78.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 947 DQ Mixed 375 369% 569 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 243%
Team T253E2001T 1TB 971 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 434GB free Firmware: H190117H SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 356 468 466 469 471 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 411 Write 479 Mixed 384 SusWrite 377 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 68.6 4K Mixed 47.6 157% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 300 226% 302 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 105%
WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB 294,991 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 771GB free Firmware: 04.01A04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 122 121 123 124 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 143 Write 120 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 122 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.7 202% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 79%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 271GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 139 134 136 137 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 134 Write 144 Mixed 80.1 SusWrite 137 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 112%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 930GB free Firmware: LVM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 128 131 131 130 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 114 Write 106 Mixed 56.1 SusWrite 128 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 182% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3600 2x8GB 18,355 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 27.2 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 43.7 SC Mixed 30.2 91% 31.7 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%

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Typical Z490 Steel Legend Builds (Compare 677 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z490 Steel Legend

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	150x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	65x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	65x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	102x
RTX 3080Nvidia $852Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	70x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	43x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	30x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	22x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $154Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	19x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	25x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	22x
CMW16GX4M2D3600C18 2x8GBCorsairBench 88%, 48,405 samples	19x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $757

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16