Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (3rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 97 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 extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 28.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	114% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20211027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '22 at 06:11
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing way below expectations (3^rd 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 578 User benchmarks, average bench 98% , 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	28.2% Poor	Memory 39.6 1-Core 24.6 2-Core 42.2 24% 35.5 Pts	4-Core 91.7 8-Core 162 15% 127 Pts	64-Core 232 14% 232 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,306 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% EVGA(3842 3982) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 497.29 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 87.7 Reflection 104 Parallax 352 72% 181 fps	MRender 353 Gravity 253 Splatting 179 205% 262 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 367GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 301 341 343 331 346 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 385 Write 387 Mixed 322 SusWrite 330 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 31.5 4K Mixed 24.4 78% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 148 110% 147 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 124%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 249GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 336 356 239 197 229 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 402 Write 374 Mixed 350 SusWrite 285 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 34.2 4K Mixed 23.1 74% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 154 116% 154 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 99%
WDC WDS200T2B0A-00SM50 2TB 8,872 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 653GB free Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 337 368 368 367 368 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 407 Write 414 Mixed 323 SusWrite 360 85% 376 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 34.7 4K Mixed 26 85% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 157 118% 156 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 117%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 1TB 13,039 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 931GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 305 321 325 323 329 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	57% Above average	Read 358 Write 364 Mixed 338 SusWrite 320 78% 345 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 22.1 4K Mixed 19.6 63% 19.7 MB/s	DQ Read 73.5 DQ Write 77 DQ Mixed 75.7 57% 75.4 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	36.8% Below average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 13.2 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 8.2 22% 7.67 GB/s	Latency 204 20% 204 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 104%

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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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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	3,357x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	2,465x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	2,056x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,739x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,078x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	891x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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: $1,675

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 $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 $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