Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	225% 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	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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	18.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200721
Uptime	9 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '21 at 14:45
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 way below expectations (13^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 80.4 1-Core 142 2-Core 281 91% 168 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 899 87% 715 Pts	64-Core 1,404 87% 1,404 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 866A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 496.76 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 36.2 Reflection 50.7 Parallax 35.6 30% 40.8 fps	Gravity 81.9 Splatting 64 63% 72.9 fps
Poor: 128% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 333GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1101 1133 1049 1078 1089 1096 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 1,803 Write 1,290 Mixed 773 SusWrite 1,091 276% 1,239 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 47.6 168% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,181 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 436 409% 659 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 283%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 149GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 452 451 447 434 248 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 450 Mixed 422 SusWrite 413 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 82 4K Mixed 49.7 164% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 354 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 133%
Seagate Expansion 5TB 2,792 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0712 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 128 130 129 127 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 92.8 Write 125 Mixed 76.6 SusWrite 128 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.7 177% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C14 2x16GB 836 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	64.1% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 20.7 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 79.7 50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 95%

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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	3,351x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,463x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,054x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,738x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,077x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	890x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,347x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	820x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	521x

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	305x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,675

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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