Asus ROG STRIX Z490-F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 99%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	4.16% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	163% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	22.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200721
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 20 '21 at 05:28
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900-$281 11,130 User benchmarks, average bench 94% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Memory 89.5 1-Core 150 2-Core 296 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 581 8-Core 1,088 100% 834 Pts	64-Core 1,994 123% 1,994 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 102%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 1470) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 466.47 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 109% Great: 133%
Intel UHD Graphics 630 39,219 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	4.16% Terrible	Lighting 6 Reflection 10.3 Parallax 8.9 5% 8.4 fps	MRender 11.6 Gravity 0.2 Splatting 0.1 3% 3.97 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.16% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$60 162,275 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 183 58 75 28 12 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	163% Outstanding	Read 1,370 Write 919 Mixed 869 SusWrite 96.3 180% 814 MB/s	4K Read 54.7 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 68 246% 88.8 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 843 DQ Mixed 221 274% 466 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 209%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$149 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 574GB free Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1324 833 839 843 838 839 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 1148 Write 1,158 Mixed 1,036 SusWrite 919 240% 1,065 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 69.8 236% 85.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,296 DQ Write 1,028 DQ Mixed 1,148 863% 1,157 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 276%
WDC WDS100T2B0A 1TB 10,504 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 856GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 481 481 482 481 481 482 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 475 Mixed 398 SusWrite 481 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 48.4 167% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 279 229% 326 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 121%
H/W RAID 1 6TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 1TB free Firmware: 8136 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 109 111 112 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 101 Write 106 Mixed 96.8 SusWrite 110 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.6 343% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 111%
Seagate ST6000VN0011-1UL17Z 6TB 1,358 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 140 138 146 152 149 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 139 Write 144 Mixed 73.4 SusWrite 145 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 107%
BUFFALO External HDD 8TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 3TB free, PID 02c1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 151 154 159 160 161 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 134 Write 118 Mixed 80.9 SusWrite 157 165% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 6.1 4K Mixed 0.6 232% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
CENTURY MICRO MICRO XMP2.0 2x16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	91.2% Outstanding	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 35.6 MC Mixed 26.7 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 27.2 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 99%

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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-F GAMING - $371

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	1,443x
Core i9-10900KIntel $415Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	686x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	604x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $700Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	601x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	517x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	242x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $103Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	409x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	231x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $148Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	205x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $120Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	150x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	136x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	121x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,518

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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