Asus ROG STRIX Z490-H GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	6.16% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '21 at 21:26
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900K-$440 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 159 2-Core 313 103% 189 Pts	4-Core 629 8-Core 1,205 109% 917 Pts	64-Core 2,072 128% 2,072 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 39,219 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	6.16% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 10.4 Parallax 9.1 5% 8.53 fps	MRender 10.2 Gravity 7.8 Splatting 12.3 8% 10.1 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.16% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 256GB 12,871 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: VB421D56 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,398 Write 1,244 Mixed 1,210 355% 1,617 MB/s	4K Read 54.2 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 70.7 238% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 721 DQ Write 848 DQ Mixed 802 600% 790 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 273%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$48 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 190 191 191 190 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 164 Mixed 84.6 SusWrite 190 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR32GX4M4C3200C16 2x8GB 239 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.4% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 13.2 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 18.5 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 105%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 4: 0R 1G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
4%	22%	9	21	5	60	34.1"	2560 1080	GSM76F9 LG ULTRAWIDE

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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-H GAMING

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	327x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	209x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	198x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	136x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	133x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $499Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	94x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	110x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	60x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	42x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	48x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	26x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 90%, 54,651 samples	25x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $1,012

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $256	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 $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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16