Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 128% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	298% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210713
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '21 at 13:49
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10850K-$286 84,873 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 99 1-Core 155 2-Core 310 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 607 8-Core 1,119 103% 863 Pts	64-Core 2,031 126% 2,031 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Nvidia(10DE 12AD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 118 Parallax 138 112% 131 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 133 Splatting 108 112% 142 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 388GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2289 629 627 626 631 630 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	298% Outstanding	Read 2,543 Write 2,384 Mixed 1,601 SusWrite 905 415% 1,858 MB/s	4K Read 64.2 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 84.3 280% 96.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,414 DQ Write 1,035 DQ Mixed 1,183 896% 1,211 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 298% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 242GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 487 487 487 415 289 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 485 Mixed 460 SusWrite 442 107% 475 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 53.7 179% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 354 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 129%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 77GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 68 60 59 58 58 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 495 Write 370 Mixed 106 SusWrite 87.2 58% 265 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 83.9 4K Mixed 20.9 116% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 106 119% 201 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4266 C19 2x8GB 3,530 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4267 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 42.1 MC Write 44.6 MC Mixed 31.8 113% 39.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 51.8 SC Mixed 35.1 105% 36.7 GB/s	Latency 41.2 97% 41.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 123%

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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	3,348x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,461x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,054x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,737x
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	1,345x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	819x
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	305x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $1,656

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