Asus ROG STRIX Z490-I GAMING

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	367% 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

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Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '21 at 20:56
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$440 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 152 2-Core 303 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 604 8-Core 1,179 106% 891 Pts	64-Core 2,053 127% 2,053 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% PNY(196E 12AF) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3850 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 465.89 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 228 Reflection 334 Parallax 266 186% 276 fps	Gravity 234 Splatting 181 180% 208 fps
Poor: 128% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 383GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2175 2206 2205 2206 2044 1998 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	367% Outstanding	Read 2,672 Write 2,195 Mixed 1,422 SusWrite 2,139 472% 2,107 MB/s	4K Read 55.9 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 79.1 267% 96.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,208 DQ Write 888 DQ Mixed 1,058 788% 1,051 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 367% Great: 393%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$255 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 442GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 487 491 490 490 491 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 484 Mixed 444 SusWrite 489 109% 483 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 58.7 197% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 356 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 25.2 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 28.5 86% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 110%

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Gaming 144%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 143%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z490-I GAMING

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	247x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	127x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	118x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	122x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	87x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	69x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	96x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	52x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	50x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $102Bench 88%, 110,884 samples	34x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	30x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	29x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $918

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16