Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 147% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% 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	204% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '21 at 21:17
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10850K-$270 84,873 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 84.8 1-Core 164 2-Core 315 101% 188 Pts	4-Core 591 8-Core 1,186 105% 888 Pts	64-Core 2,108 130% 2,108 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2802 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 202 Parallax 195 150% 194 fps	MRender 144 Gravity 196 Splatting 135 128% 158 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SWORDFISH 1TB 4,468 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 853GB free (System drive) Firmware: V9002s45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1028 1035 1036 1044 1044 1011 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	204% Outstanding	Read 1,605 Write 960 Mixed 824 SusWrite 1,033 246% 1,106 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 44.7 171% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 727 DQ Mixed 503 393% 528 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 204% Great: 277%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 78GB free Firmware: 401020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 249 380 331 352 288 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 472 Mixed 351 SusWrite 334 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 47 160% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 234 205% 307 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 117%
Toshiba MG06ACA800EY 8TB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 7.5TB free Firmware: GA06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 180 171 185 196 195 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 57.1 Write 152 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 185 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.9 148% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C19 4x8GB 3,565 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.3% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 22 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 23.4 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 129%

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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 - $383

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	3,384x
Core i9-10900KIntel $410Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,482x
Core i9-10850KIntel $270Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,073x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,757x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,083x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	894x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,358x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	831x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	523x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $118Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	610x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	372x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	308x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $1,719

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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