Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 124% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 128% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 99.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	125% 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	95.8% 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	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.

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Run History

18 months ago, 18 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201130
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '22 at 20:19
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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-$249 84,873 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Memory 91.1 1-Core 148 2-Core 294 97% 178 Pts	4-Core 578 8-Core 1,052 98% 815 Pts	64-Core 1,750 108% 1,750 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Zotac(19DA 9617) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 164 Parallax 158 148% 168 fps	MRender 143 Gravity 114 Splatting 108 98% 121 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$137 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 340GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 262 261 259 259 255 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 321 Mixed 270 SusWrite 268 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 42.3 146% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 283 230% 327 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$24 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 554GB free Firmware: HPH4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 170 169 168 169 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 163 Mixed 80.4 SusWrite 169 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 32GB 64 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 25.7 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 31.2 SC Mixed 21.2 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 80%

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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 - $350

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $175Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	3,421x
Core i9-10900KIntel $430Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,507x
Core i9-10850KIntel $249Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,093x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,781x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,094x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,000Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	901x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,372x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	836x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 275%, 495,311 samples	526x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $108Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	618x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	375x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	314x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,276

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Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363