Asus ROG STRIX Z490-F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 139% UFO	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 153% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	128% 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	213% 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

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210415
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '21 at 05:19
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (58^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-$440 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 164 2-Core 321 106% 194 Pts	4-Core 636 8-Core 1,260 112% 948 Pts	64-Core 2,156 134% 2,156 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$835 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% Gigabyte(1458 4041) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 245 Parallax 221 129% 208 fps	MRender 208 Gravity 174 Splatting 164 147% 182 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1235 427 408 409 408 408 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 1,510 Write 1,319 Mixed 1,175 SusWrite 549 255% 1,138 MB/s	4K Read 57.8 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 75.7 248% 84.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,007 DQ Write 857 DQ Mixed 947 706% 937 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 280%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 233GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 305 305 305 305 305 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 484 Mixed 422 SusWrite 323 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 53.6 181% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 350 264% 354 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 200 198 195 194 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 182 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 196 119% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 122 104 111 100 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	79% Very good	Read 167 Write 65.3 Mixed 27.9 SusWrite 108 67% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.4 124% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 707 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 41.1 MC Mixed 26.8 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 49.5 SC Mixed 30.5 96% 33.5 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 132%

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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 $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	1,424x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	678x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	598x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	598x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	514x
RTX 3090Nvidia $835Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	237x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	401x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	230x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	204x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	147x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	134x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	120x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,713

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) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16