Asus ROG STRIX Z490-I GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 123%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 132%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics125% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus ROG STRIX Z490-I GAMING  (all builds)
Memory7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200529
Uptime23.1 Days
Run DateAug 14 '22 at 01:47
Run Duration177 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%
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 PC Performing as expected (55th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-10850K-$286
LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
103% Outstanding
Memory 93.3
1-Core 150
2-Core 301
99% 181 Pts
4-Core 600
8-Core 1,161
104% 880 Pts
64-Core 1,920
119% 1,920 Pts
Poor: 88%
This bench: 103%
Great: 105%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.95
Performing below potential (26th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
125% Outstanding
Lighting 172
Reflection 167
Parallax 157
140% 165 fps
MRender 178
Gravity 133
Splatting 113
112% 141 fps
Poor: 116%
This bench: 125%
Great: 136%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74
16GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 1,557
Write 1,669
Mixed 1,248
333% 1,491 MB/s
4K Read 46.2
4K Write 139
4K Mixed 65.3
227% 83.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1,117
DQ Write 882
DQ Mixed 868
685% 955 MB/s
Poor: 164% Great: 276%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 176 175 176 179 177 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
89.2% Excellent
Read 139
Write 148
Mixed 69.9
SusWrite 172
97% 132 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0
63% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 89.2%
Great: 90%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (17th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
67.1% Good
MC Read 25.9
MC Write 24.8
MC Mixed 19
66% 23.2 GB/s
SC Read 15.8
SC Write 26.3
SC Mixed 20.2
59% 20.8 GB/s
Latency 61.4
65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 67.1%
Great: 107%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical ROG STRIX Z490-I GAMING Builds (Compare 921 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 144%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 143%
UFO

Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z490-I GAMING

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $891
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