Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 146% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% 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	225% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	57.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	May 20 '21 at 23:31
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10850K-$279 84,873 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 83.1 1-Core 152 2-Core 254 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 600 8-Core 1,189 106% 894 Pts	64-Core 2,069 128% 2,069 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% MSI(1462 372D) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	134% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 176 Parallax 184 148% 180 fps	MRender 203 Gravity 160 Splatting 130 130% 164 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB73H1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 311 308 304 300 298 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 1961 Write 1,172 Mixed 771 SusWrite 332 233% 1,059 MB/s	4K Read 54.7 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 70.2 236% 81.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,297 DQ Write 1,096 DQ Mixed 1,006 806% 1,133 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 236%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 733GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1307 1253 1225 1172 1161 1170 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 1,326 Write 1,115 Mixed 1,086 SusWrite 1,215 267% 1,185 MB/s	4K Read 60.7 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 81.5 265% 90.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1131 DQ Write 953 DQ Mixed 1,041 780% 1,042 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 410%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 7,823 User benchmarks, average bench 320% 2TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 848 820 841 835 839 839 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 1,054 Write 850 Mixed 430 SusWrite 837 177% 793 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 38.6 144% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 565 DQ Mixed 363 300% 423 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 531%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 139GB free Firmware: 3.AAD SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 49 47 47 48 48 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	31% Below average	Read 59.9 Write 54.6 Mixed 46.7 SusWrite 47.8 39% 52.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2C3200C16 4x16GB 18,655 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.2% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 22.3 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 24.4 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 123%

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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 - $383

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	3,378x
Core i9-10900KIntel $442Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,480x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,071x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,752x
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,083x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	892x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,355x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	828x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	523x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	609x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	371x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	308x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,725

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16