EVGA Z490 DARK KINGPIN

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Graphics	126% 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.
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	EVGA Z490 DARK KINGPIN (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '21 at 23:45
Run Duration	72 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (96^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% U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Memory 99.9 100% 99.9 Pts
Poor: 89% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3277) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3590 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 161 Parallax 177 140% 170 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 140 Splatting 124 118% 148 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 123%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 17,176 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 3290 Write 2,248 Mixed 1,150 490% 2,229 MB/s	4K Read 52.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 62.4 222% 77.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,183 DQ Write 967 DQ Mixed 977 758% 1,042 MB/s
Poor: 115% Great: 372%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4800 C18 2x8GB 131 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	144% Outstanding	MC Read 59.2 MC Write 53.2 MC Mixed 41 146% 51.1 GB/s	SC Read 28.7 SC Write 58.7 SC Mixed 39.8 121% 42.4 GB/s	Latency 35.9 111% 35.9 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 145%

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

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Gaming 102%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 108%

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Motherboard: EVGA Z490 DARK KINGPIN

CPU
Core i9-10900KFIntel $260Bench 99%, 21,040 samples	23x
Core i5-10400FIntel $99Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	15x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	9x

GPU
Quadro RTX 4000NvidiaBench 98%, 9,173 samples	25x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	8x
RTX 2080S (Super)Nvidia $466Bench 131%, 261,508 samples	6x

SSD
Raid 0 Volume 200GBIntelBench 295%, 73 samples	22x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	8x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	5x

RAM
F4 DDR4 4133 C17 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 107%, 426 samples	24x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	7x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 86%, 2,128 samples	3x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $260

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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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