Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 134% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	117% 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	309% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	57.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 06 '21 at 22:39
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$449 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 91.5 1-Core 157 2-Core 302 100% 184 Pts	4-Core 600 8-Core 1,147 104% 874 Pts	64-Core 2,115 131% 2,115 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% MSI(1462 C724) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3955 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 159 Parallax 163 127% 159 fps	MRender 163 Gravity 139 Splatting 114 111% 138 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 634GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1345 1275 1274 1200 1161 1023 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	309% Outstanding	Read 2,509 Write 2,316 Mixed 1679 SusWrite 1,213 432% 1,929 MB/s	4K Read 60.5 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 82.9 274% 95.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,238 DQ Write 983 DQ Mixed 1,108 830% 1,110 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 309% Great: 372%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1TB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 489 490 490 490 490 490 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 489 Mixed 453 SusWrite 490 110% 487 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 58.5 193% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 357 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: HP52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 180 184 184 181 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 150 Mixed 80.4 SusWrite 182 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$99 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 6.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 167 173 181 175 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 151 Write 150 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 172 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.8 252% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2Z3600C18 4x16GB 4,823 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 41.3 MC Mixed 30.8 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 50.1 SC Mixed 29.6 94% 33 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 128%

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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	3,350x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,463x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,054x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,738x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,077x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	889x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,347x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	819x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	520x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	608x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	368x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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