Asrock Z590 Steel Legend WiFi 6E

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	213% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asrock Z590 Steel Legend WiFi 6E (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20211021
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '22 at 02:10
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900K-$410 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 150 2-Core 301 99% 182 Pts	4-Core 577 8-Core 1,066 98% 821 Pts	64-Core 1,874 116% 1,874 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,198 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% EVGA(3842 3982) ≥ 4GB; EVGA FTW3 CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 526.47 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 354 Reflection 302 Parallax 358 289% 338 fps	Gravity 272 Splatting 192 200% 232 fps
Poor: 185% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS200T2B0C-00PXH0 2TB 7,836 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 21705000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1729 1406 718 730 727 729 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 1505 Write 1,610 Mixed 1,321 SusWrite 1,007 306% 1,361 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 47.6 172% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,013 DQ Write 725 DQ Mixed 1,019 720% 919 MB/s
Poor: 158% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 283%
Addlink M.2 PCIE G3x4 NVMe RGB 2TB 170 User benchmarks, average bench 272% 1TB free Firmware: ECFM12.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1401 903 895 894 911 910 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 1425 Write 2,234 Mixed 1,482 SusWrite 985 346% 1,531 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 52.7 178% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,416 DQ Write 876 DQ Mixed 1,207 883% 1,166 MB/s
Poor: 137% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 376%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 46GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 46 47 46 53 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	Read 47.5 Write 47.7 Mixed 34.9 SusWrite 48.6 33% 44.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 62%
WD WD3200BEVT-60ZCT1 1TB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 115GB free Firmware: 9128 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 39 38 39 38 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	26.8% Poor	Read 54.2 Write 33.2 Mixed 27.2 SusWrite 38.7 28% 38.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.7% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 18.6 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 20.8 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 104%

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Desktop 104%

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Workstation 150%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z590 Steel Legend WiFi 6E

CPU
Core i7-11700KIntel $233Bench 101%, 65,651 samples	155x
Core i9-11900KIntel $258Bench 103%, 44,319 samples	78x
Core i7-11700KFIntel $240Bench 102%, 17,565 samples	77x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	110x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	103x
RTX 3080Nvidia $500Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	100x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	61x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $106Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	46x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	31x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	30x
DDR4 3200 4x8GBAdataBench 91%, 25,190 samples	28x
DDR4 3600 2x8GBAdataBench 95%, 15,812 samples	25x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $807

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16