Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.01% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	175% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	0.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200323
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '21 at 03:50
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700-$230 71,010 User benchmarks, average bench 93% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 90.9 1-Core 149 2-Core 294 97% 178 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 864 88% 710 Pts	64-Core 1,293 80% 1,293 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9168 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	6.01% Terrible	Lighting 6 Reflection 82.8 Parallax 8.8 5% 32.5 fps	MRender 7 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 13.8 8% 9.43 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.01% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 729 427 256 245 248 261 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 1,154 Write 1111 Mixed 1,034 SusWrite 361 205% 915 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 67.5 228% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 850 DQ Write 768 DQ Mixed 809 607% 809 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 237%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 466GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2291 815 816 817 818 823 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	291% Outstanding	Read 2,531 Write 2,260 Mixed 1,838 SusWrite 1,063 430% 1,923 MB/s	4K Read 62.6 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 86.1 279% 95.9 MB/s	DQ Read 908 DQ Write 776 DQ Mixed 795 609% 826 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 291% Great: 355%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3200 C16 Series 1x8GB 430 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.8% Below average	MC Read 12.3 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 8.8 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 9.9 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 61%

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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	3,347x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,458x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,052x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,734x
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	1,344x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	817x
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	304x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $1,656

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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