Asrock Z490 Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	79.4% 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	250% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z490 Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '21 at 15:51
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10600K-$144 70,951 User benchmarks, average bench 92% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 158 2-Core 316 104% 190 Pts	4-Core 617 8-Core 962 97% 790 Pts	64-Core 1268 78% 1268 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FC3) CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3775 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Lighting 98.8 Reflection 100 Parallax 91.7 80% 96.9 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 92.5 Splatting 81.8 77% 96.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB 244 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 617 297 306 301 308 302 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 2,487 Write 1,471 Mixed 1248 SusWrite 355 307% 1,390 MB/s	4K Read 63.6 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 81 280% 98.4 MB/s	DQ Read 969 DQ Write 907 DQ Mixed 994 730% 956 MB/s
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 284%
Nvme Samsung SSD 970 EVO PLUS 500GB 1,705 User benchmarks, average bench 280% 212GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2307 757 762 761 787 785 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	319% Outstanding	Read 2,644 Write 2,406 Mixed 1,868 SusWrite 1,026 444% 1,986 MB/s	4K Read 69.6 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 97 326% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1,201 DQ Write 1005 DQ Mixed 1,086 818% 1,097 MB/s
Poor: 161% ↑ This bench: 319% Great: 365%
General UDisk 4GB 5,358 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.5 3.3 3.4 3.7 3.2 3.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	3.06% Terrible	Read 8.2 Write 1.5 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 3.4 5% 4.32 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.06% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$63 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3467 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 40 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 29.2 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 44.6 SC Mixed 31.6 93% 32.6 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	11	9	165	27"	1280 720	AUS2722 VG27A

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Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

UFO

Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z490 Steel Legend

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	150x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	65x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	65x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	102x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	69x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	43x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	30x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	22x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	19x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	25x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	22x
CMW16GX4M2D3600C18 2x8GBCorsairBench 88%, 48,405 samples	19x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $752

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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