Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 122% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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	103% 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	45.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201102
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '22 at 19:10
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (71^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 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 160 2-Core 311 104% 190 Pts	4-Core 614 8-Core 1,207 108% 910 Pts	64-Core 2,038 126% 2,038 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$270 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 8818) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2377 MHz, MLim: 3845 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 135 Parallax 141 124% 143 fps	MRender 0.2 Gravity 119 Splatting 102 64% 73.7 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
T-force 512GB 512GB 4,987 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 351GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1230A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 277 189 50 35 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 443 Write 120 Mixed 16.4 SusWrite 101 37% 170 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 11.3 4K Mixed 10.1 50% 13.9 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 0.8 41% 97.9 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 100%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 893GB free Firmware: EXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2103 1940 1305 1197 1184 1182 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	293% Outstanding	Read 2300 Write 2,138 Mixed 1,583 SusWrite 1,485 421% 1,877 MB/s	4K Read 50.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 67.1 223% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 1,049 DQ Write 811 DQ Mixed 900 681% 920 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 293% Great: 372%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 930GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 189 188 189 189 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 166 Mixed 105 SusWrite 188 122% 166 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
PNY 8GBF1X08QFHH36-135-K 2x8GB 1,261 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 41.5 MC Mixed 27.7 100% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 49.9 SC Mixed 32.6 100% 34.9 GB/s	Latency 47.8 84% 47.8 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%

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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	2,463x
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 $1,280Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	889x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,346x
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 $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