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

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 99.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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	36.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-G GAMING (WI-FI) (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '21 at 16:26
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$235 71,010 User benchmarks, average bench 93% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 142 2-Core 291 96% 176 Pts	4-Core 563 8-Core 1,045 96% 804 Pts	64-Core 1,593 99% 1,593 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 8731) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 171 Parallax 131 113% 147 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 116 Splatting 103 106% 134 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Maxtor Z1 SSD 240GB 1,683 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: STKSF011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 42 108 43 91 74 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	36.6% Below average	Read 193 Write 98.4 Mixed 89.7 SusWrite 83.1 26% 116 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 22 4K Mixed 10.4 49% 16 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 98.4 104% 173 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 86%
WDC WD20EZAZ-00GGJB0 2TB 47,517 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 176 178 176 178 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	21.2% Poor	Read 192 Write 178 Mixed 111 SusWrite 178 37% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 8.4 4K Mixed 0.8 8% 3.7 MB/s	DQ Read 0.9 DQ Write 11 DQ Mixed 0.9 2% 4.27 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GB 45,582 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 41.4 MC Write 43.5 MC Mixed 32.1 111% 39 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 47.8 SC Mixed 30 93% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 125%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	345x
Core i9-10900KIntel $430Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	190x
Core i5-10600KIntel $129Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	169x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	149x
RTX 3080Nvidia $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	134x
RTX 3060Nvidia $256Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	84x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	115x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	69x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $63Bench 275%, 495,311 samples	49x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	55x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $116Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	40x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	30x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $872

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