Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 133% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 137% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 99.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	135% 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	212% 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '21 at 17:33
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700KF-$200 37,394 User benchmarks, average bench 96% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Memory 85.4 1-Core 163 2-Core 313 101% 187 Pts	4-Core 611 8-Core 1,123 104% 867 Pts	64-Core 1654 102% 1654 Pts
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% EVGA(3842 3183) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	135% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 180 Parallax 202 148% 188 fps	MRender 208 Gravity 164 Splatting 134 134% 169 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$37 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 360GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 840 855 864 865 865 758 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,266 Write 1,380 Mixed 1,299 SusWrite 841 270% 1,197 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 63.5 215% 76.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,090 DQ Write 862 DQ Mixed 955 720% 969 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 284%
Sandisk S-1T00 1TB 8,421 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 445GB free Firmware: 411040RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 439 460 461 462 462 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 484 Mixed 391 SusWrite 436 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 46.8 161% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 252 214% 315 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 120%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB 2,279 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 27GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 58 33 25 24 17 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 120 Write 50.8 Mixed 77 SusWrite 32.8 84% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 2.9 244% 4 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 116 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.1% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 20.4 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 22.2 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 106%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 - $320

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	3,365x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,467x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,060x

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 $154Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	826x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	522x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $115Bench 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: $1,663

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16