Asrock Z490 Steel Legend

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 155%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 167%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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.
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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics170% 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 Drive210% 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.
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.
MotherboardAsrock Z490 Steel Legend  (all builds)
Memory8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20201231
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateJan 21 '23 at 17:33
Run Duration203 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing below expectations (35th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-10900-$285
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
92.6% Outstanding
Memory 91.3
1-Core 142
2-Core 282
94% 172 Pts
4-Core 504
8-Core 1,002
89% 753 Pts
64-Core 1,798
111% 1,798 Pts
Poor: 75%
This bench: 92.6%
Great: 102%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$899
CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 528.02
Performing below potential (10th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
170% Outstanding
Lighting 241
Reflection 216
Parallax 247
196% 235 fps
MRender 274
Gravity 214
Splatting 158
170% 215 fps
Poor: 163%
This bench: 170%
Great: 202%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$59
105GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 42B2S7JA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 206 229 241 237 236 MB/s
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
210% Outstanding
Read 2,440
Write 842
Mixed 853
SusWrite 243
239% 1,095 MB/s
4K Read 43.2
4K Write 129
4K Mixed 73.9
229% 82.1 MB/s
DQ Read 781
DQ Write 352
DQ Mixed 492
385% 542 MB/s
Poor: 139%
This bench: 210%
Great: 271%
Samsung 980 PRO with Heatsink 1TB
349GB free
Firmware: 5B2QGXA7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2242 2225 2326 1931 1449 1518 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
356% Outstanding
Read 2,470
Write 2,306
Mixed 2270
SusWrite 1,948
506% 2,249 MB/s
4K Read 65.4
4K Write 146
4K Mixed 88.5
290% 99.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1,221
DQ Write 943
DQ Mixed 1,064
801% 1,076 MB/s
Poor: 236%
This bench: 356%
Great: 477%
Fujitsu MHZ2320BJ G2 320GB
298GB free
Firmware: 0000001E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 73 72 73 73 73 MB/s
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
40% Average
Read 66.4
Write 61.5
Mixed 48
SusWrite 72.7
46% 62.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 20%
This bench: 40%
Great: 43%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown DDR4 3600 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing below potential (9th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
70.5% Very good
MC Read 27.1
MC Write 27.1
MC Mixed 21.6
72% 25.3 GB/s
SC Read 14.8
SC Write 23.6
SC Mixed 18.2
54% 18.9 GB/s
Latency 65.2
61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 70.5%
Great: 116%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z490 Steel Legend Builds (Compare 681 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 143%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 142%
UFO

Motherboard: Asrock Z490 Steel Legend

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 89% - Excellent Total price: $857
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