Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	3.18% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	119 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201102
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '21 at 23:56
Run Duration	562 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way below expectations (17^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 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 81.9 1-Core 155 2-Core 316 98% 185 Pts	4-Core 634 8-Core 1,262 112% 948 Pts	64-Core 2,149 133% 2,149 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.100.9864 Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	3.18% Terrible	Lighting 5.7 Reflection 136 Parallax 9.2 5% 50.3 fps	MRender 1 Gravity 0.2 Splatting 0.2 0% 0.47 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.18% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$159 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 931GB free Firmware: EXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1297 1319 1319 1235 1203 1208 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 1503 Write 1,314 Mixed 1,284 SusWrite 1,263 302% 1,341 MB/s	4K Read 56 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 74.2 241% 81.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,059 DQ Write 841 DQ Mixed 937 705% 946 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 372%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 784GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 97 102 106 86 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 171 Write 170 Mixed 86 SusWrite 98.9 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 117% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 109%
Intel HBRPEKNX0202AH 512GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 460GB free Firmware: HPS1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 849 871 865 874 876 883 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 20% Great: 98%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 2TB 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 387GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 30 17 32 18 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Read 32.8 Write 38.6 Mixed 30.8 SusWrite 23.8 23% 31.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 139% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 66%
Patriot Memory 64GB 725 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 53GB free, PID 6300 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 63.1 42% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 57% 5.1 MB/s
Poor: 7% Great: 37%
Generic Flash Disk 64GB 638 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 55GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.4 8.3 8.4 8.2 8.4 8.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	4.34% Terrible	Read 12.7 Write 4 Mixed 5 SusWrite 8.1 9% 7.45 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 12% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.34% Great: 30%
SMI USB DISK 126GB 705 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 117GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.6 4.6 16 1.9 8.9 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Read 36.7 Write 33.7 Mixed 29.4 SusWrite 8.9 35% 27.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 2.2 146% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 47%
Generic Flash Disk 64GB 638 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 58GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 10.9 Mixed 5.2 8% 8.05 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.55 MB/s
Poor: 4% Great: 30%
Samsung Flash Drive 64GB 8,748 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 60GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 36.1 Write 30.5 Mixed 6.2 28% 24.3 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 8.9 4K Mixed 4.5 474% 6.13 MB/s	DQ Read 7.9 DQ Write 9.3 DQ Mixed 5.3 526% 7.5 MB/s
Poor: 15% Great: 111%
WD easystore 264D 18TB 200 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 17TB free, PID 264d Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 29.3 Write 31.4 Mixed 26.5 38% 29.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 6.9 4K Mixed 1.5 291% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% Great: 111%
SMI USB DISK 126GB 705 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 117GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 24.6 Write 24.4 Mixed 23.6 31% 24.2 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1.6 106% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 9% Great: 47%
Patriot Memory 124GB 300 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 115GB free, PID 6300 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.4 2.7 6.1 6.5 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	8.18% Terrible	Read 31.9 Write 7.7 Mixed 12.2 SusWrite 7.2 16% 14.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 1 57% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.18% Great: 37%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 15GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 17.2 Write 14.5 Mixed 10.2 17% 14 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 2.1 145% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 7% Great: 17%
Generic Flash Disk 126GB 514 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 100GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Write 10.2 Mixed 6.7 14% 8.45 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.6 27% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 28%
Patriot Memory 124GB 300 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 115GB free, PID 6300 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.1 1.2 1.5 1.7 1.1 2.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	2.76% Terrible	Read 13.2 Write 5 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 1.4 6% 5.53 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 8% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 2.76% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-4000C18-32GVK 4x31.8GB 135 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 4 of 4 slots used 127GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.5% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 24.9 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 35.3 SC Mixed 24.7 74% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 77 52% 77 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 160%

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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	12	10	30	42.5"	1101 598	ACR0707 CG437K P

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 177%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING - $383

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	3,380x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,481x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,072x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,756x
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,083x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	892x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,355x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	829x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	523x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	609x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	372x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	308x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,725

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16