Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	75.8% 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	286% 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	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	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201102
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '21 at 17:25
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10850K-$286 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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 157 2-Core 311 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 620 8-Core 1,209 108% 915 Pts	64-Core 2,101 130% 2,101 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FBE) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.8% Very good	Lighting 96.2 Reflection 96.8 Parallax 87.9 78% 93.6 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 89.7 Splatting 77.3 71% 88 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 332GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1243 1141 1255 1281 1273 1273 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	286% Outstanding	Read 2,015 Write 1,784 Mixed 1,651 SusWrite 1,244 376% 1,674 MB/s	4K Read 50.9 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 78 253% 90.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,264 DQ Write 991 DQ Mixed 917 743% 1,057 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 286% Great: 372%
T-force 512GB 512GB 4,987 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 395GB free Firmware: S1230A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 408 406 400 400 400 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 439 Mixed 418 SusWrite 405 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 30.5 134% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 48 93% 181 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 189 191 190 189 188 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 189 Mixed 97.4 SusWrite 189 123% 169 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.2 249% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Apacer GD2.1527WC.001 2x8GB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	88.7% Excellent	MC Read 34 MC Write 35.3 MC Mixed 23.3 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 28 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 99%

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

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 177%

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

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	3,358x
Core i9-10900KIntel $442Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,465x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,057x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,739x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,078x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	891x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,348x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	822x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	521x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	608x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	369x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	305x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $1,385

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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