Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	332% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	54.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '20 at 00:43
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	PYF-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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-$449 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 83 1-Core 159 2-Core 313 99% 185 Pts	4-Core 595 8-Core 1,171 104% 883 Pts	64-Core 2,075 128% 2,075 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Asus(1043 8708) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 157 Reflection 152 Parallax 151 128% 153 fps	Gravity 132 Splatting 107 104% 120 fps
Poor: 105% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$76 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 608GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1966 1987 1501 1396 1471 1495 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	332% Outstanding	Read 2,498 Write 2,309 Mixed 1,818 SusWrite 1636 464% 2,065 MB/s	4K Read 61.3 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 85 280% 98 MB/s	DQ Read 1,162 DQ Write 872 DQ Mixed 1,044 773% 1,026 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 332% Great: 410%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$76 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 706GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1185 1150 1157 1152 1152 1160 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 1,285 Write 1,082 Mixed 999 SusWrite 1,159 254% 1,131 MB/s	4K Read 61.1 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 83 273% 94.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,272 DQ Write 1,080 DQ Mixed 1170 878% 1,174 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 410%
Intel Raid 10 Volume 16TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 15TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 325 357 373 365 375 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	198% Outstanding	Read 338 Write 130 Mixed 98.8 SusWrite 353 167% 230 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 6.1 4K Mixed 1.9 466% 3.8 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 198% Great: 208%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 681GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 89 90 89 90 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 141 Write 122 Mixed 91.6 SusWrite 89 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB 2,983 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.9% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 21.8 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 22.6 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 131%

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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 $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	3,348x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,461x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,054x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,737x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,077x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	888x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,345x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	819x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	520x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	608x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	368x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	305x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $1,656

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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