Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	4.92% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	121% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 31 '21 at 18:39
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$449 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 155 2-Core 308 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 594 8-Core 1,049 99% 821 Pts	64-Core 2,039 126% 2,039 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9078 Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	4.92% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 135 Parallax 9.2 5% 50 fps	MRender 12.3 Gravity 7.8 Splatting 0.2 5% 6.77 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.92% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB 1,177 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 867GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 318 328 321 309 316 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 1,004 Write 386 Mixed 369 SusWrite 330 115% 522 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 64.7 4K Mixed 39 138% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 459 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 295 247% 362 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 382%
WDC WD40EFAX-68JH4N1 4TB 2,353 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 3.5TB free Firmware: 83.00A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 193 192 193 190 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 205 Write 187 Mixed 125 SusWrite 192 40% 177 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 12.3 4K Mixed 1.1 68% 17.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1.2 DQ Write 11.1 DQ Mixed 1.5 2% 4.6 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 38%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB-$23 12,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 26GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 56 23 24 24 24 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 158 Write 60.6 Mixed 59.8 SusWrite 35.4 89% 78.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.7 161% 3.57 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4266 C17 2x16GB 110 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4000 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	117% Outstanding	MC Read 44.5 MC Write 47 MC Mixed 34.9 120% 42.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 49.8 SC Mixed 32.4 99% 34.6 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 152%

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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 - $320

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	3,348x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,461x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,054x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,737x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,077x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	888x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,345x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	819x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	520x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	608x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	368x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 46,140 samples	305x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $1,656

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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