Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 142% UFO	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 154% 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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	131% 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	269% 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '21 at 16:27
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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 i9-10900K-$430 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 158 2-Core 316 104% 190 Pts	4-Core 630 8-Core 1,192 108% 911 Pts	64-Core 2,142 132% 2,142 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 193 Parallax 187 147% 187 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 186 Splatting 129 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 628GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1330 1327 1329 1334 1317 1319 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	269% Outstanding	Read 1,372 Write 1,171 Mixed 1,141 SusWrite 1,326 282% 1,252 MB/s	4K Read 61.1 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 82.8 273% 94.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,201 DQ Write 976 DQ Mixed 1,084 813% 1,087 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 269% Great: 410%
Samsung 870 EVO 2TB-$165 31,076 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1.5TB free Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 487 486 490 486 489 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 478 Mixed 457 SusWrite 488 109% 485 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 60.1 197% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 356 268% 357 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 136%
Mushkin ECO2 SMI 512GB-$80 1,273 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 226GB free Firmware: N1007C SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 223 243 251 243 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 511 Write 231 Mixed 238 SusWrite 223 66% 301 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 37 135% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 167 151% 229 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GB 32,191 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 42.8 MC Write 43.8 MC Mixed 32.5 113% 39.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 51 SC Mixed 33 101% 35.4 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%

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

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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 - $350

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	3,400x
Core i9-10900KIntel $430Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,493x
Core i9-10850KIntel $249Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,084x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $700Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,772x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,088x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	899x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,364x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $138Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	834x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	525x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $120Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	613x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	374x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	310x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $1,484

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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