EVGA Z490 DARK KINGPIN

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 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 99.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% 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	61.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	EVGA Z490 DARK KINGPIN (all builds)
Memory	18.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201218
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '21 at 02:18
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900KF-$260 21,040 User benchmarks, average bench 99% U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Memory 89.9 1-Core 158 2-Core 263 96% 170 Pts	4-Core 588 8-Core 1,111 101% 850 Pts	64-Core 1,904 118% 1,904 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 132 Parallax 124 104% 128 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 130 Splatting 115 98% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 718GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 218 228 364 397 380 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 312 Write 309 Mixed 277 SusWrite 292 67% 297 MB/s	4K Read 11.2 4K Write 29 4K Mixed 15 52% 18.4 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 331 251% 338 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 920GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 193 202 315 341 330 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50.9% Above average	Read 238 Write 237 Mixed 249 SusWrite 254 55% 245 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 23.5 4K Mixed 16.7 51% 17.1 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 247 179% 230 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 133%
SDHC Card 32GB 13,791 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 30GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 47 48 48 53 49 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Read 76.2 Write 50.3 Mixed 49 SusWrite 47.1 71% 55.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 3.6 240% 3.63 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 24GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 0, 0 MHz 8192, 16384 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.2% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 13.4 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 15.8 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 75%

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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: 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	7	5	60	23.8"	1280 720	HPN3431 HP 24w

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Gaming 102%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 108%

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Motherboard: EVGA Z490 DARK KINGPIN

CPU
Core i9-10900KFIntel $260Bench 99%, 21,040 samples	23x
Core i5-10400FIntel $99Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	15x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	9x

GPU
Quadro RTX 4000NvidiaBench 98%, 9,173 samples	25x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	8x
RTX 2080S (Super)Nvidia $466Bench 131%, 261,508 samples	6x

SSD
Raid 0 Volume 200GBIntelBench 295%, 73 samples	22x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	8x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	5x

RAM
F4 DDR4 4133 C17 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 107%, 426 samples	24x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	7x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 86%, 2,128 samples	3x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $260

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $183	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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