Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	218% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

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	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	55.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '21 at 15:16
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (49^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-$410 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 81.9 1-Core 158 2-Core 303 98% 181 Pts	4-Core 575 8-Core 1,104 100% 840 Pts	64-Core 2132 132% 2132 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,198 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% Asus(1043 87B3) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 461.92 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 315 Reflection 292 Parallax 346 257% 318 fps	Gravity 253 Splatting 186 190% 220 fps
Poor: 185% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$167 10,240 User benchmarks, average bench 340% 814GB free (System drive) Firmware: EGFM13.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1354 1233 912 917 916 912 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 1233 Write 1,284 Mixed 1,127 SusWrite 1,041 264% 1,171 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 65.9 215% 78.3 MB/s	DQ Read 995 DQ Write 732 DQ Mixed 846 637% 858 MB/s
Poor: 183% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 496%
Samsung PSSD T7 2TB 567 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 285GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 348 470 584 616 618 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 479 Write 99.5 Mixed 171 SusWrite 464 67% 303 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 46.8 4K Mixed 27.8 92% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 242 180% 239 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 100%
Samsung PSSD T7 1TB 2,443 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 391GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 620 604 618 604 601 605 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 576 Write 565 Mixed 517 SusWrite 609 128% 567 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 46.8 4K Mixed 32.5 104% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 262 193% 252 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW64GX4M2E3200C16 2x31.5GB 4,665 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 63GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 21.7 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 22.6 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 130%

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Gaming 178%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 177%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING - $388

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	3,389x
Core i9-10900KIntel $410Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,482x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,073x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,758x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,083x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	894x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,359x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $152Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	832x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	523x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $128Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	610x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	372x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	308x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,725

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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