Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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	86.2% 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	261% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '20 at 09:12
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	KHM-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700K-$230 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 152 2-Core 303 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 608 8-Core 1,076 102% 842 Pts	64-Core 1,656 102% 1,656 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 111 Parallax 95.8 89% 105 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 98.4 Splatting 100 81% 98.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 419GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1315 1164 808 806 801 808 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 1,438 Write 1,245 Mixed 1,166 SusWrite 950 269% 1,200 MB/s	4K Read 66.6 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 89.3 298% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,331 DQ Write 1,059 DQ Mixed 1,198 896% 1,196 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 355%
Ts512gss D370S 512GB 133 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 66GB free Firmware: 4101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 242 401 401 400 402 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 232 Write 216 Mixed 195 SusWrite 346 56% 247 MB/s	4K Read 11.7 4K Write 24.1 4K Mixed 15.2 50% 17 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 104 82% 112 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 110%
Seagate ST4000VX000-1F4168 4TB 3,084 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3.5TB free Firmware: CV11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 17 65 139 164 158 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 167 Write 155 Mixed 77 SusWrite 92.6 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 106%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 161GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 91 92 91 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 108 Write 106 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 91 71% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 225% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3200 2x8GB 87,891 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.6% Very good	MC Read 32 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 20.7 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 34 SC Mixed 24.5 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 112%

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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 - $320

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $230Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	3,364x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,467x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,059x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,741x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,080x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	891x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,350x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	825x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	522x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	608x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	371x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	307x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,672

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16