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 (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 110%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	58.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '22 at 15:39
Run Duration	414 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-11700K-$221 65,651 User benchmarks, average bench 101% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 178 2-Core 355 112% 209 Pts	4-Core 674 8-Core 1,213 113% 944 Pts	64-Core 1,811 112% 1,811 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 511.79 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 97.9 Reflection 94.4 Parallax 87.8 80% 93.4 fps	Gravity 83.1 Splatting 75.7 70% 79.4 fps
Poor: 65% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate FireCuda 530 ZP500GM30013 500GB 651 User benchmarks, average bench 316% 377GB free (System drive) Firmware: SU6SM001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2404 2614 1105 887 905 898 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	362% Outstanding	Read 2,213 Write 2,528 Mixed 2,144 SusWrite 1,469 471% 2,088 MB/s	4K Read 66 4K Write 254 4K Mixed 114 380% 145 MB/s	DQ Read 1,700 DQ Write 1,250 DQ Mixed 1,413 1,073% 1,454 MB/s
Poor: 196% ↑ This bench: 362% Great: 411%
Pcie SSD 1TB 40,637 User benchmarks, average bench 210% 952GB free Firmware: ECFM22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1466 1270 987 980 988 980 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 1,070 Write 1,430 Mixed 1,267 SusWrite 1,112 276% 1,220 MB/s	4K Read 55.8 4K Write 224 4K Mixed 85 312% 122 MB/s	DQ Read 1,310 DQ Write 1,294 DQ Mixed 924 798% 1,176 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 284%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 76GB free Firmware: 03150010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 134 138 107 66 62 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 376 Write 241 Mixed 247 SusWrite 108 54% 243 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 62.7 4K Mixed 40.1 141% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 123 95% 130 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 100%
Seagate BarraCuda 120 SSD ZA1000CM10003 1TB 7,008 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 346GB free Firmware: STRSD013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 286 286 286 286 286 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 391 Write 285 Mixed 299 SusWrite 286 71% 315 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 98.3 4K Mixed 29.3 114% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 63.6 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 57.1 68% 113 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 136%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 6.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 184 187 187 186 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Read 126 Write 125 Mixed 67.9 SusWrite 185 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 0.7 243% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 805GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 174 173 172 173 172 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 58.2 Write 109 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 172 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 0.6 194% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 733GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 89 91 93 92 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	50% Average	Read 82.8 Write 120 Mixed 73.4 SusWrite 91.4 68% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 55% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 90%
WD WD80EDAZ-11TA3A0 8TB 623 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 81.00A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 132 124 130 123 124 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 140 143 148 164 165 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	70% Very good	Read 93.2 Write 146 Mixed 67.9 SusWrite 150 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.7 230% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 90%
WDC WD30 EZRX-00D8PB0 3TB 99 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.7 20 21 21 21 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 40.8 Write 40.4 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 18 45% 33.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 77% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 58%
ST2000DM 008-2FR102 2TB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 35 Write 37 Mixed 35.1 46% 35.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 124% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 7% Great: 71%
WDC WD80 EFAX-68LHPN0 8TB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 7.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 22 21 21 21 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	26.8% Poor	Read 42.5 Write 41.2 Mixed 31.6 SusWrite 23.9 46% 34.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.1 209% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMG32GX4M2D3600C18 4x16GB 328 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	MC Read 45.2 MC Write 47.3 MC Mixed 35.1 122% 42.5 GB/s	SC Read 29.6 SC Write 48.9 SC Mixed 39.3 112% 39.3 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 129%

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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	3,361x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,465x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,057x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $600Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,741x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,079x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	891x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $67Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,348x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	823x
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	306x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,338

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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