Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 160% UFO	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 162% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	152% 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	300% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '21 at 23:55
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700K-$236 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 158 2-Core 315 103% 189 Pts	4-Core 617 8-Core 1,117 104% 867 Pts	64-Core 1,664 103% 1,664 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Asus(1043 87BC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3520 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	152% Outstanding	Lighting 224 Reflection 205 Parallax 194 182% 208 fps	MRender 189 Gravity 155 Splatting 139 129% 161 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 676GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1067 1256 1267 1267 1211 1182 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	300% Outstanding	Read 2,547 Write 2,321 Mixed 1,632 SusWrite 1,208 431% 1,927 MB/s	4K Read 68.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 82.4 270% 88.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,257 DQ Write 550 DQ Mixed 448 452% 751 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 300% Great: 372%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 960GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 169 173 171 171 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 183 Mixed 92.5 SusWrite 171 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M4C3600C18 4x8GB 7,214 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3700 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 43 MC Write 44.9 MC Mixed 33.1 115% 40.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 49.5 SC Mixed 32.8 99% 34.5 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 113% 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 - $320

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	3,355x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,464x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,055x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,739x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,077x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	891x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,348x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	821x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	521x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	608x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	369x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	305x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,675

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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