Asus ROG STRIX Z490-G GAMING (WI-FI)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	297% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-G GAMING (WI-FI) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201130
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '21 at 22:21
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10600K-$141 70,951 User benchmarks, average bench 92% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 88 1-Core 153 2-Core 300 98% 180 Pts	4-Core 575 8-Core 959 93% 767 Pts	64-Core 1,244 77% 1,244 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Cards	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel UHD Graphics 630 39,219 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9127 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 10.2 Parallax 8.9 5% 8.4 fps	Gravity 7.7 Splatting 12.1 9% 9.9 fps
Poor: 4% Great: 6%
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Sapphire(174B E246) 2GB CLim: 984 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete	Lighting 37.3 Reflection 35.4 Parallax 42.8 30% 38.5 fps	Gravity 34.5 Splatting 22.8 24% 28.6 fps
Poor: 24% Great: 28%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$92 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 911GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42B2S7JA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1434 910 904 908 896 893 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	297% Outstanding	Read 2,549 Write 1,770 Mixed 1,563 SusWrite 991 383% 1,718 MB/s	4K Read 59 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 80.7 273% 97.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,260 DQ Write 972 DQ Mixed 643 610% 958 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 297% Great: 372%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 4400 C19 Series 2x8GB 2,610 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.6% Good	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 16.8 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 21.7 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 135%

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Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z490-G GAMING (WI-FI)

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	343x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	188x
Core i5-10600KIntel $141Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	169x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	148x
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	133x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	83x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	114x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	69x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	49x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	55x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	40x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	30x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $861

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16