Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	4.82% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	274% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '21 at 09:51
Run Duration	319 Seconds
Run User	LKA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700K-$236 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 153 2-Core 296 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 600 8-Core 1,059 100% 830 Pts	64-Core 1,636 101% 1,636 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 39,219 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9126 Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	4.82% Terrible	Lighting 6 Reflection 10.5 Parallax 9 5% 8.5 fps	MRender 11.8 Gravity 7.6 Splatting 0.3 5% 6.57 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.82% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 350GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1088 845 845 849 847 838 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	274% Outstanding	Read 2,401 Write 2240 Mixed 1808 SusWrite 885 410% 1,834 MB/s	4K Read 64.1 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 86.1 283% 97.8 MB/s	DQ Read 994 DQ Write 599 DQ Mixed 803 596% 799 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 274% Great: 355%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 156GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 295 296 296 295 295 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 482 Mixed 390 SusWrite 315 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 81.7 4K Mixed 48.3 162% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 345 260% 347 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
Sandisk X400 2.5 7MM 256GB 2,307 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 182GB free Firmware: X4130012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 199 192 193 198 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 478 Mixed 351 SusWrite 211 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 45.4 157% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 230 189% 270 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 95%
Sandisk X400 2.5 7MM 256GB 2,307 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 34GB free Firmware: X4130012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 199 188 194 194 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 478 Mixed 340 SusWrite 210 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 45.6 157% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 234 192% 275 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 95%
Sabrent Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$100 46,203 User benchmarks, average bench 317% 931GB free Firmware: RKT401.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1251 1321 1337 1338 1334 1285 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 1,114 Write 1,296 Mixed 1,168 SusWrite 1,311 277% 1,222 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 64.1 205% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,082 DQ Write 698 DQ Mixed 986 709% 922 MB/s
Poor: 189% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 486%
WD Re 2TB-$54 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 443GB free Firmware: 01.01D02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 96 97 97 97 97 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 140 Write 123 Mixed 109 SusWrite 96.4 87% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.9 204% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 707 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	85% Excellent	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 22.8 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 35.6 SC Mixed 27 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 132%

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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	3,360x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,465x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,057x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,740x
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 $95Bench 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: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $1,391

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