Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	77.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	246% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 10 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 08 '23 at 23:22
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	PSE-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$399 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 151 2-Core 302 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 604 8-Core 1,158 105% 881 Pts	64-Core 1,970 122% 1,970 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 531.68 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	77.6% Very good	Lighting 98.4 Reflection 98.6 Parallax 90.4 80% 95.8 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 93 Splatting 78.9 73% 90.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$107 276,089 User benchmarks, average bench 394% 744GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1217 1231 1254 1288 1291 1297 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 1,320 Write 1119 Mixed 1,162 SusWrite 1263 274% 1,216 MB/s	4K Read 59.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 75.1 243% 80.6 MB/s	DQ Read 983 DQ Write 804 DQ Mixed 906 675% 898 MB/s
Poor: 274% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 488%
Liteon S920 256 256GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 237GB free Firmware: V.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 337 340 340 340 337 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 342 Mixed 319 SusWrite 338 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 40.3 138% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 203 181% 272 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 101%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 465GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 117 117 117 118 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 119 Write 117 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 117 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown GP-ARS16G37 2x8GB 624 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3733 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 41.4 MC Mixed 27.4 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 47.7 SC Mixed 31.4 95% 33.1 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%

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

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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 $399Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,487x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,079x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 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 $115Bench 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: 70% - Good

Total price: $1,681

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	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