Asrock Z490 Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 99.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.8% 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	80.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z490 Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '21 at 12:56
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 147 2-Core 287 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 860 87% 707 Pts	64-Core 1,550 96% 1,550 Pts
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 8620) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.8% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 135 Parallax 123 96% 125 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 124 Splatting 114 92% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 105 73 62 65 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 426 Write 438 Mixed 395 SusWrite 122 78% 345 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 40.2 132% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 318 242% 328 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 134%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 283GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 97 100 98 98 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 114 Write 109 Mixed 48 SusWrite 98.4 67% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 160% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2400C14 Crucial CT16G4DFD824A.C16FAD 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C14 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	74.5% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 22.2 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 20.9 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 74%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	150x
Core i7-10700KFIntel $200Bench 96%, 37,394 samples	65x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	65x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	102x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 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 $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	19x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $850

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16