Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 224% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 248% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	228% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210713
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '21 at 18:24
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$449 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 86.5 1-Core 158 2-Core 316 100% 187 Pts	4-Core 630 8-Core 1,217 110% 923 Pts	64-Core 2,087 129% 2,087 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-Ti-$660 155,335 User benchmarks, average bench 204% EVGA(3842 3967) CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 4850 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Lighting 347 Reflection 302 Parallax 336 283% 328 fps	MRender 363 Gravity 272 Splatting 190 215% 275 fps
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 225%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$98 276,089 User benchmarks, average bench 394% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,264 Write 2,259 Mixed 1,965 483% 2,163 MB/s	4K Read 69.5 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 93.7 304% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,148 DQ Write 873 DQ Mixed 968 735% 996 MB/s
Poor: 274% Great: 488%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 217GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 276 276 276 276 292 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 292 Mixed 348 SusWrite 299 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 53.5 183% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 228 206% 314 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 466GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 435 429 487 430 432 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 215 Mixed 277 SusWrite 450 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 53.4 184% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 252 207% 297 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$34 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 897GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 196 200 200 199 203 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 186 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 199 119% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4000 C15 4x8GB 708 User benchmarks, average bench 115% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.8% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 21.7 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 22.4 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 144%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 - $320

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	3,347x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,458x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,052x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,734x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,077x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	888x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,344x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	817x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	520x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	608x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	368x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	304x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $1,656

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	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) $34	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