Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 122% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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	111% 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	106% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	14.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 05 '22 at 11:07
Run Duration	289 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10850K-$286 84,873 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 10 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 99.4 1-Core 151 2-Core 299 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 600 8-Core 1,203 106% 902 Pts	64-Core 1,504 93% 1,504 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$274 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 8818) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 4350 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 168 Parallax 139 121% 152 fps	MRender 164 Gravity 114 Splatting 99.2 100% 126 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 17,781 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 232GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415020RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 213 219 215 217 214 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 447 Mixed 264 SusWrite 219 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 48.4 194% 73.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 191 184% 292 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 115%
Liteonit LCT-128M3S 2.5 7mm 128GB 256 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 85GB free Firmware: VQDC SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 200 199 199 198 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 492 Write 200 Mixed 222 SusWrite 196 61% 277 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 39.3 143% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 160 142% 215 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 82%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$92 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 511GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2179 1611 1614 1613 1609 1614 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	417% Outstanding	Read 2,702 Write 2,540 Mixed 1,958 SusWrite 1,706 500% 2,227 MB/s	4K Read 76.9 4K Write 248 4K Mixed 113 393% 146 MB/s	DQ Read 1,972 DQ Write 1,778 DQ Mixed 1,839 1,389% 1,863 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 417% Great: 410%
WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB 14,138 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 230 232 231 232 231 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 76% Great: 136%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C14 2x8GB 104 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4000 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	MC Read 56.2 MC Write 55.2 MC Mixed 40.4 145% 50.6 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 53.4 SC Mixed 39.3 103% 35.9 GB/s	Latency 38.6 104% 38.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 139%

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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 $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	3,357x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,465x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,055x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,739x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,077x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	891x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,348x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	821x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	521x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	608x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	369x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	305x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,672

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	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