Asrock Z490 Pro4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z490 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20200306
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '22 at 22:41
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10400F-$99 153,026 User benchmarks, average bench 85% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 238 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 742 72% 590 Pts	64-Core 916 57% 916 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% PNY(196E 1332) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	71.9% Very good	Lighting 95.8 Reflection 91.4 Parallax 79.8 78% 89 fps	MRender 65.7 Gravity 80.4 Splatting 73.1 60% 73.1 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 464 Write 346 Mixed 182 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 31.9 4K Mixed 16.7 39% 16.4 MB/s	DQ Read 37.8 DQ Write 44.1 DQ Mixed 79.5 49% 53.8 MB/s
Poor: 37% Great: 94%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 30GB free Firmware: MS2OA8K0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 108 87 90 95 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 131 Write 100 Mixed 15.2 SusWrite 97.6 62% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 107%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 850GB free Firmware: CC62 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 201 202 200 201 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 135 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 200 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 2.4 412% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB 74,390 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2999 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 29.6 96% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 36.6 SC Mixed 22.3 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 103%

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Typical Z490 Pro4 Builds (Compare 784 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 143%

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Desktop 99%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 142%

UFO

Motherboard: Asrock Z490 Pro4 - $120

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	180x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	122x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	66x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	97x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	66x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	59x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	55x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	49x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	31x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	36x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 89,024 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	22x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $830

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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