Asus ROG STRIX Z490-G GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-G GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '21 at 20:30
Run Duration	266 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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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 i9-10900KF-$260 21,040 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 160 2-Core 316 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 632 8-Core 1,213 110% 923 Pts	64-Core 2,126 132% 2,126 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Gigabyte(1458 4051) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.77 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 208 Reflection 182 Parallax 182 170% 191 fps	Gravity 147 Splatting 124 118% 135 fps
Poor: 116% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 512GB 26,235 User benchmarks, average bench 209% 394GB free Firmware: VB431D51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 166 253 233 230 194 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 518 Write 196 Mixed 210 SusWrite 213 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 20.4 4K Mixed 12 38% 13.3 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 232 166% 208 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 309%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 300GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 55 133 109 114 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 164 Write 135 Mixed 89.4 SusWrite 97.3 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3200 2x8GB 87,891 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 24.4 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 28.6 85% 29.9 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 112%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 58: 6R 8G 4B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
58%	41%	44	200	19	60	31.5"	1920 1080	AOC3230 AG323FWG3R3

History: Score 32: 4R 2G 6B | Score 55: 8R 2G 9B | Score 58: 6R 8G 4B

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Typical ROG STRIX Z490-G GAMING Builds (Compare 339 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 144%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 143%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z490-G GAMING

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	89x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	45x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	36x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	45x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	38x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $600Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	24x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	17x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	16x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	15x

RAM
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	20x
HyperX DDR4 3600 C18 2x16GBKingstonBench 94%, 5,381 samples	10x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	9x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $731

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