Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (13th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 87 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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	73.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	156% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210113
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 17 '21 at 21:32
Run Duration	1378 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way below expectations (13^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 below expectations (31^st percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 80.9 1-Core 151 2-Core 297 95% 176 Pts	4-Core 574 8-Core 1,008 96% 791 Pts	64-Core 1,599 99% 1,599 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.8% Very good	Lighting 90.2 Reflection 105 Parallax 90.7 74% 95.3 fps	MRender 86.6 Gravity 88.3 Splatting 95.1 74% 90 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDBRPG0010BNC-WRSN 1TB 20,671 User benchmarks, average bench 285% 731GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 676 381 739 756 532 540 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	156% Outstanding	Read 867 Write 825 Mixed 1,004 SusWrite 604 186% 825 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 63.3 201% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 608 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 388 315% 452 MB/s
Poor: 202% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 349%
WDBRPG0010BNC-WRSN 1TB 20,671 User benchmarks, average bench 285% 338GB free Firmware: 111110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1065 1241 927 1055 1375 1370 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 1,396 Write 1,299 Mixed 1,395 SusWrite 1,172 296% 1,315 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 64.3 204% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 627 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 374 307% 447 MB/s
Poor: 202% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 349%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB 9,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 75 85 93 71 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 198 Write 111 Mixed 87.1 SusWrite 83.3 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 1.6 340% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 138%
WD My Book 25EE 12TB 624 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 28 28 27 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 83.2 Write 41.4 Mixed 76.6 SusWrite 26.8 72% 57 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.9 227% 3.5 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 103%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 5.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 34 26 26 26 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 121 Write 49 Mixed 69.4 SusWrite 29.5 80% 67.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1.1 161% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G36C16U4BL.M8FE1 4x8GB 1,948 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	84.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 25.7 86% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 25.6 76% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 78.8 51% 78.8 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 134%

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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	3,357x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,465x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,055x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,739x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,077x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	891x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,348x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	821x
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	305x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,672

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	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) $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