Asus ROG STRIX Z490-H GAMING

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	362% 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	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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '20 at 09:30
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10600K-$144 70,951 User benchmarks, average bench 92% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 89.9 1-Core 145 2-Core 283 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 559 8-Core 900 90% 730 Pts	64-Core 1,123 70% 1,123 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3739) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 73.8 Reflection 76.6 Parallax 70.1 60% 73.5 fps	Gravity 74.5 Splatting 68.5 63% 71.5 fps
Poor: 51% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 432GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2110 2124 2126 2122 2130 2129 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	362% Outstanding	Read 2,512 Write 2,178 Mixed 1,424 SusWrite 2,123 462% 2,059 MB/s	4K Read 57 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 77.9 275% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,200 DQ Write 930 DQ Mixed 1,077 802% 1,069 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 362% Great: 393%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 466GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 484 484 483 484 479 476 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 481 Mixed 418 SusWrite 482 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 61.6 209% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 351 265% 355 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 134%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$105 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 32 40 42 30 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Read 22.8 Write 25.6 Mixed 19.9 SusWrite 37.4 20% 26.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.2 36% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 99%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$105 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 5.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 172 172 171 172 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 168 Mixed 97.5 SusWrite 171 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 215% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 99%
WD Re 2TB-$28 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01D01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 26 21 26 26 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Read 14.2 Write 19.2 Mixed 19.1 SusWrite 23.1 14% 18.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 24% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3600C18 2x8GB 14,907 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.9% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 20.1 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 121%

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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 $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	209x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	198x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	136x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	133x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $600Bench 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 $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	48x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	26x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 90%, 54,651 samples	25x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $1,304

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