Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	95.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200721
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '21 at 13:12
Run Duration	383 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700K-$236 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 151 2-Core 281 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 1,045 97% 809 Pts	64-Core 1,629 101% 1,629 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.11 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 98.1 Reflection 112 Parallax 102 80% 104 fps	Gravity 99.4 Splatting 100 88% 99.9 fps
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 291 277 241 255 180 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 441 Mixed 244 SusWrite 269 81% 365 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 88 4K Mixed 38.4 145% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 156 164% 272 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 114%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 36GB free Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,562 Write 1,692 Mixed 1309 340% 1,521 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 69.3 238% 86.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,227 DQ Write 627 DQ Mixed 915 683% 923 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 237%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 567GB free Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1731 1725 1722 1726 1730 1728 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	298% Outstanding	Read 2,010 Write 2223 Mixed 1,813 SusWrite 1,727 438% 1,943 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 66.6 227% 82.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,234 DQ Write 670 DQ Mixed 942 703% 949 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 298% Great: 347%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 22GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 126 93 91 136 147 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 146 Write 138 Mixed 77.1 SusWrite 122 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 246GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 180 177 173 176 155 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 131 Write 110 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 173 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 112%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 4TB 7,970 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 234GB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 101 92 95 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 81.4 Write 106 Mixed 85.1 SusWrite 97.9 69% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.5 215% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 98%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4.5TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 139 123 123 136 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 124 Write 114 Mixed 98.4 SusWrite 133 87% 117 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.7 286% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 94%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 173GB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 81 80 79 80 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 168 Write 161 Mixed 117 SusWrite 79.9 172% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 133% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 100%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 50GB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 93 92 94 92 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 77.9 Write 77.4 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 93.3 111% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.7 115% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$160 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 29.7 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 45.4 SC Mixed 29.5 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 22: 3R 1G 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
22%	42%	19	109	5	60	24"	1920 1080	BNQ7F34 BenQ RL2460H

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 177%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	552x
Core i9-10900KIntel $422Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	363x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	296x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	276x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	256x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	109x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	144x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	97x
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)WD $74Bench 277%, 114,373 samples	94x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	70x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	67x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	66x

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Total price: $1,336

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 $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