Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 130% UFO


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	125% 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	308% 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.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 9 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '23 at 08:32
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900-$265 11,130 User benchmarks, average bench 94% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 84.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 285 93% 171 Pts	4-Core 567 8-Core 1,102 99% 834 Pts	64-Core 1,846 114% 1,846 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Asus(1043 8728) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.41 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 228 Parallax 159 137% 185 fps	MRender 196 Gravity 137 Splatting 123 121% 152 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 123%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$93 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 280GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1616 1487 1501 1333 1187 753 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	308% Outstanding	Read 2,574 Write 2,231 Mixed 1,825 SusWrite 1,313 445% 1,986 MB/s	4K Read 61.2 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 82.2 265% 90 MB/s	DQ Read 1,152 DQ Write 722 DQ Mixed 944 702% 939 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 308% Great: 410%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3600C18 2x8GB 14,907 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.2% Good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 19.2 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 21.9 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 121%

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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 - $350

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	3,391x
Core i9-10900KIntel $430Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,487x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,079x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $535Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,766x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,086x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	895x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,360x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	833x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	524x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $120Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	611x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	373x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	309x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,322

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16