Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	83.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	112% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210415
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 14 '21 at 17:07
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

Watch Gameplay: 1660-Ti + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing above expectations (69^th 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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 155 2-Core 281 99% 177 Pts	4-Core 597 8-Core 1,152 104% 875 Pts	64-Core 1,654 102% 1,654 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Asus(1043 86A5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 105 Parallax 95.4 87% 102 fps	MRender 99.9 Gravity 97.2 Splatting 83.1 75% 93.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 293GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 313 293 296 293 295 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 486 Mixed 390 SusWrite 328 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 54 178% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 355 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$84 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 519GB free Firmware: M3CR032 SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 468 470 472 468 470 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 461 Mixed 407 SusWrite 469 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 86.1 4K Mixed 47.7 158% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 283 234% 337 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 459GB free Firmware: CC4D SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 178 173 179 181 174 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Read 153 Write 113 Mixed 84.9 SusWrite 177 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 700GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 159 157 159 161 160 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 153 Write 135 Mixed 85.6 SusWrite 158 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GB 92,358 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 29.1 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 45.7 SC Mixed 29.7 91% 31.9 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING Builds (Compare 10,271 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 178%

UFO

Desktop 101%

UFO

Workstation 177%

UFO

Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING - $320

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	3,347x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,459x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,052x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,734x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,077x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	888x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,344x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	818x
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	304x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $1,656

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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