EVGA Z490 DARK KINGPIN

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 113% UFO	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 112%, 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	379% 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	EVGA Z490 DARK KINGPIN (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201218
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '21 at 04:45
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^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-$401 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Memory 99.6 1-Core 168 2-Core 336 109% 201 Pts	4-Core 670 8-Core 1,305 117% 988 Pts	64-Core 2,290 142% 2,290 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$212 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% EVGA(3842 1068) CLim: 2310 MHz, MLim: 3800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 98.9 Parallax 93.3 82% 97.8 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 87.5 Splatting 79.9 77% 97.1 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 292GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2203 2212 2211 2213 2211 1993 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	379% Outstanding	Read 2,722 Write 2,223 Mixed 1,439 SusWrite 2174 479% 2,139 MB/s	4K Read 58.4 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 81.6 281% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,290 DQ Write 991 DQ Mixed 1,141 853% 1,141 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 379% Great: 393%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$93 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 597GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2488 2217 1507 1531 1531 1530 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	363% Outstanding	Read 2,655 Write 2,358 Mixed 1,946 SusWrite 1,801 492% 2,190 MB/s	4K Read 65.1 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 88 290% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1386 DQ Write 1,152 DQ Mixed 1,263 947% 1,267 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 363% Great: 410%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 4400 C16 2x8GB 73 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	MC Read 57.8 MC Write 54.7 MC Mixed 40.6 146% 51 GB/s	SC Read 26.5 SC Write 56.2 SC Mixed 40.6 117% 41.1 GB/s	Latency 37.8 106% 37.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 156%

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Gaming 102%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 108%

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Motherboard: EVGA Z490 DARK KINGPIN

CPU
Core i9-10900KFIntel $255Bench 99%, 21,040 samples	23x
Core i5-10400FIntel $98Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	15x
Core i9-10900KIntel $401Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	9x

GPU
Quadro RTX 4000NvidiaBench 98%, 9,173 samples	25x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	8x
RTX 2080S (Super)Nvidia $466Bench 131%, 261,508 samples	6x

SSD
Raid 0 Volume 200GBIntelBench 295%, 73 samples	22x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	8x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $159Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	5x

RAM
F4 DDR4 4133 C17 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 107%, 426 samples	24x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	7x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 86%, 2,128 samples	3x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $255

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16