Asrock Z490 Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	140% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z490 Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	16.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200623
Uptime	14.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '21 at 13:16
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700KF-$200 37,394 User benchmarks, average bench 96% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 83.2 1-Core 144 2-Core 280 92% 169 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 881 83% 689 Pts	64-Core 1236 76% 1236 Pts
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$279 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Device(7377 150A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 461.72 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 131 Parallax 94.5 83% 109 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 95.8 Splatting 83.3 83% 104 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB 26,501 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 250 243 253 225 225 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 1141 Write 1,030 Mixed 992 SusWrite 241 190% 851 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 57.4 186% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 710 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 303 270% 421 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 223%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 662GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 187 187 186 188 189 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 174 Mixed 86 SusWrite 186 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GF2X08QFHH36-135-K 2x16GB 3,240 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 25.3 80% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 16 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 112%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	6	4	165	27"	2560 1387	KTC2712 Q2712RUC

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Typical Z490 Steel Legend Builds (Compare 677 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z490 Steel Legend

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	150x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	65x
Core i5-10600KIntel $139Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	65x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	102x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	70x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	43x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	30x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	22x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	19x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	25x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	22x
CMW16GX4M2D3600C18 2x8GBCorsairBench 88%, 48,405 samples	19x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $771

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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