Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	179% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20240219
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	May 01 '24 at 10:10
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	KWT-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900-$281 11,130 User benchmarks, average bench 94% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	64.6% Good	Memory 74.2 1-Core 77.5 2-Core 151 59% 101 Pts	4-Core 296 8-Core 552 51% 424 Pts	64-Core 982 61% 982 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 4060-$293 48,534 User benchmarks, average bench 122% Asus(1043 895E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 3105 MHz, MLim: 4250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 552.22 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 163 Reflection 112 Parallax 154 133% 143 fps	Gravity 128 Splatting 104 101% 116 fps
Poor: 115% Great: 127%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$149 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 532GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1441 832 805 624 461 443 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 1,564 Write 1,742 Mixed 1,332 SusWrite 768 304% 1,351 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 72.2 4K Mixed 46.6 153% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 578 DQ Write 412 DQ Mixed 475 360% 488 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 276%
T-force 250GB 250GB 3,095 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 200GB free Firmware: R0426C SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 264 264 265 265 266 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 454 Mixed 441 SusWrite 276 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 64.1 4K Mixed 43.4 142% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 131 160% 282 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 123%
T-force 250GB 250GB 3,095 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 140GB free Firmware: Q0727A SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 451 451 452 451 451 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 451 Mixed 442 SusWrite 450 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 43.6 142% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 129 158% 279 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 123%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 728GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 109 109 109 109 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 123 Write 96.3 Mixed 70.4 SusWrite 108 73% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 CMW16GX4M2Z3200C16 CMW16GX4M2Z3200C16 CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 32GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	65.5% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.2 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 18.2 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 93.5 43% 93.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	21	0	30	84.6"	1280 720	SAM0FA5 SAMSUNG

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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	3,412x
Core i9-10900KIntel $430Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,502x
Core i9-10850KIntel $249Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,086x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,777x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,090x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,135Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	899x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,370x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	835x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $63Bench 275%, 495,311 samples	526x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $116Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	614x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	375x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	310x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,333

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359