Asus ROG STRIX Z490-F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	235% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	23 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201130
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '21 at 04:53
Run Duration	310 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700KF-$200 37,394 User benchmarks, average bench 96% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 88.6 1-Core 152 2-Core 298 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 571 8-Core 1,003 95% 787 Pts	64-Core 1,567 97% 1,567 Pts
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1426) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 142 Parallax 133 113% 138 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 140 Splatting 119 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 18GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 99 85 76 95 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 218 Write 148 Mixed 184 SusWrite 88.5 36% 160 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 32.4 131% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 76 72% 110 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 73%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 154GB free Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 241 228 134 116 204 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 446 Write 179 Mixed 160 SusWrite 184 53% 242 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 70.2 4K Mixed 24.5 110% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 57.1 96% 193 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 85%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 112GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 109 102 108 106 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 260 Write 151 Mixed 184 SusWrite 106 39% 175 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 38.1 138% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 94.8 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 105 85% 118 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 73%
Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB 30,033 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 102GB free Firmware: RKT30Q.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 650 144 244 150 199 143 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	180% Outstanding	Read 1,232 Write 1,633 Mixed 1,237 SusWrite 255 245% 1,089 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 70.6 243% 92.4 MB/s	DQ Read 732 DQ Write 1,068 DQ Mixed 926 693% 909 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 180% Great: 305%
Corsair MP400 1TB 8,627 User benchmarks, average bench 178% 733GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM53.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 993 1252 1411 1425 1424 1424 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 994 Write 1,269 Mixed 1,032 SusWrite 1,321 262% 1,154 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 68.9 237% 87.8 MB/s	DQ Read 744 DQ Write 1,106 DQ Mixed 946 710% 932 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 308%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$59 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 522GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 72 71 70 71 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 137 Write 119 Mixed 88.8 SusWrite 70.8 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 406GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 167 166 167 167 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 152 Mixed 105 SusWrite 164 108% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 237% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 109%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$63 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 783GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 75 74 77 77 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 81.9 Write 84 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 75.5 56% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 57%
Hitachi HTS547575A9E384 750GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 450GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 89 89 89 90 89 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 81.8 Write 81.5 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 87.9 99% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 60% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2400C14 CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 CMK16GX4M2A2400C14 CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 32GB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 24.9 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 32.9 SC Mixed 23 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 87%

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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-F GAMING - $371

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	1,427x
Core i9-10900KIntel $360Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	681x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	599x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	598x
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	516x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	239x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	403x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	230x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	204x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	148x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	134x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	120x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,713

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16