Asus ROG STRIX Z490-I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.6% 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	181% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '22 at 22:19
Run Duration	479 Seconds
Run User	GEO-User
Background CPU	0%

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 i7-10700-$232 71,010 User benchmarks, average bench 93% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 79.4 1-Core 143 2-Core 281 91% 168 Pts	4-Core 544 8-Core 935 90% 739 Pts	64-Core 1,289 80% 1,289 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$255 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Nvidia(10DE 2504) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.6% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 116 Parallax 120 102% 120 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 101 Splatting 87 87% 110 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 92,081 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 672 1061 509 198 223 184 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 1,092 Write 1,062 Mixed 1,068 SusWrite 475 208% 924 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 65.3 220% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,038 DQ Write 776 DQ Mixed 890 670% 901 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 295%
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$108 276,089 User benchmarks, average bench 394% 94GB free Firmware: 3B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,357 Write 1,990 Mixed 2,020 473% 2,122 MB/s	4K Read 61.4 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 78.1 264% 90.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,126 DQ Write 885 DQ Mixed 980 740% 997 MB/s
Poor: 274% Great: 488%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 784GB free Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 195 196 194 195 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 138 Mixed 88.1 SusWrite 192 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 173 177 176 176 172 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 40% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 1x31GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1 of 2 slots used 31GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 11.2 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 11.9 SC Mixed 10.3 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 81.6 49% 81.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 50%

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Gaming 144%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 143%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z490-I GAMING

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $230Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	246x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	126x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	118x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	122x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	87x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	69x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	95x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	52x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	50x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $80Bench 88%, 110,884 samples	34x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	30x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	29x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $808

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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