Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 136% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 126% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	161% 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	265% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	22.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211027
Uptime	6.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '22 at 17:53
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10600K-$144 70,951 User benchmarks, average bench 92% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 83.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 265 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 789 76% 628 Pts	64-Core 999 62% 999 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Asus(1043 87B8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Lighting 243 Reflection 214 Parallax 206 198% 221 fps	MRender 198 Gravity 159 Splatting 141 133% 166 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 636GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1496 1050 970 1123 1031 927 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 1,922 Write 2,203 Mixed 1,768 SusWrite 1,100 394% 1748 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 67.8 234% 87.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,299 DQ Write 869 DQ Mixed 1081 808% 1,083 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 347%
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$113 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 931GB free Firmware: SVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 470 470 473 474 474 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 454 Mixed 435 SusWrite 472 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 49.5 165% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 352 265% 355 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 128%
OCZ Vertex 460 120GB-$200 1,011 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 27GB free Firmware: 1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 104 103 102 100 95 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 458 Write 410 Mixed 333 SusWrite 135 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 34.1 130% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 251 205% 289 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 285GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 129 128 128 127 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 147 Write 148 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 127 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M4C3200C16 4x8GB 29,525 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	67.9% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 21.4 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 19.4 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 120%

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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	3,350x
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	889x

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	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: 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 $134	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