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 way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 109%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	345% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '21 at 01:35
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900K-$440 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 165 2-Core 329 106% 197 Pts	4-Core 660 8-Core 1,283 115% 972 Pts	64-Core 2,215 137% 2,215 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 578GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2385 2199 1518 1537 1578 1562 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	345% Outstanding	Read 2,541 Write 2,364 Mixed 1,779 SusWrite 1,796 476% 2,120 MB/s	4K Read 59.5 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 82.3 272% 95.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,264 DQ Write 959 DQ Mixed 1,121 836% 1,115 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 345% Great: 410%
Mushkin Reactor 256GB-$114 909 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 237GB free Firmware: O1026A SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 381 382 382 382 382 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 380 Mixed 331 SusWrite 382 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 43.1 148% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 190 140% 189 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 98%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 747GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 174 175 175 175 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 170 Mixed 102 SusWrite 174 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 234% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$114 144,399 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 29.7 103% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 45.5 SC Mixed 30.5 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%

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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 - $383

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	3,382x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,481x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,072x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,757x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,083x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	892x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,355x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	830x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	523x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	610x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	372x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	308x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $1,715

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	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 $39	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