Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 118% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	122% 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	194% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	23.1 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 29 '21 at 23:11
Run Duration	302 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700-$233 71,010 User benchmarks, average bench 93% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 83.3 1-Core 145 2-Core 285 93% 171 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 996 93% 776 Pts	64-Core 1,531 95% 1,531 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480 20,231 User benchmarks, average bench 122% XFX(1EAE 6601) ≥ 4GB Ram: 12GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing below potential (54^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 139 Parallax 317 116% 199 fps	MRender 235 Gravity 147 Splatting 177 151% 186 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 129%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$164 35,257 User benchmarks, average bench 314% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: EGFM11.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 955 735 521 533 508 494 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 1,470 Write 1,943 Mixed 1,451 SusWrite 624 309% 1,372 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 61.7 199% 74.7 MB/s	DQ Read 862 DQ Write 695 DQ Mixed 830 607% 796 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 472%
Kxg60znv256g NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB 4,018 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 221GB free Firmware: 10604106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1114 618 333 346 338 334 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	587% Outstanding	Read 5,774 Write 437 Mixed 1,483 SusWrite 514 440% 2,052 MB/s	4K Read 436 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 154 915% 233 MB/s	DQ Read 1,881 DQ Write 778 DQ Mixed 886 773% 1,182 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 587% Great: 242%
Sandisk S3 1T02 1TB 12,047 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 215GB free Firmware: 40101000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 354 388 405 395 394 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 72% Great: 122%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 490GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 120 119 120 119 123 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 60% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1686 184 186 182 183 176 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2C3200C16 Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CTD CMW32GX4M2C3200C16 Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CTD 48GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.8% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 23.6 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 85%

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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 $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	3,369x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,479x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,066x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,747x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,081x
RTX 3090Nvidia $785Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	892x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,355x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	827x
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	608x
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: $1,723

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16