Asus ROG STRIX Z490-F GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	154% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201230
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 22 '21 at 12:00
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 90.6 1-Core 151 2-Core 302 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 561 8-Core 1,000 94% 780 Pts	64-Core 1,396 86% 1,396 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 C726) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 141 Reflection 194 Parallax 139 115% 158 fps	Gravity 119 Splatting 108 100% 113 fps
Poor: 105% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 512GB 26,235 User benchmarks, average bench 209% 312GB free (System drive) Firmware: VB431D51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1031 830 653 707 546 527 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 665 Write 673 Mixed 1016 SusWrite 716 174% 767 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 54.6 183% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 509 DQ Write 684 DQ Mixed 711 505% 635 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 309%
WDC WD20EZAZ-00GGJB0 2TB 47,517 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 637GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 124 127 125 128 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Read 139 Write 128 Mixed 82.8 SusWrite 125 27% 119 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 8.9 4K Mixed 0.8 10% 4.13 MB/s	DQ Read 0.9 DQ Write 10.6 DQ Mixed 1.2 2% 4.23 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 23%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 208GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 310 309 309 310 309 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 480 Mixed 395 SusWrite 324 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 51.7 172% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 352 265% 355 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 81 81 82 81 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 63 Write 58 Mixed 34 SusWrite 80.7 43% 58.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 85% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3200 2x8GB 87,891 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.6% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 21 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 24 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 112%

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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 $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	1,421x
Core i9-10900KIntel $442Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	676x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	596x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	598x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	511x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	236x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	400x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	230x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	203x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	146x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	133x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	119x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $1,436

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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