Asus ROG STRIX Z490-F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 163% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 172% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	167% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '22 at 15:27
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10850K-$286 84,873 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 147 2-Core 289 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 585 8-Core 1,017 97% 801 Pts	64-Core 1,916 118% 1,916 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$499 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% EVGA(3842 3797) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	167% Outstanding	Lighting 250 Reflection 218 Parallax 214 204% 227 fps	MRender 255 Gravity 163 Splatting 131 144% 183 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 214GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 465 474 463 427 283 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 473 Mixed 452 SusWrite 432 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 74.6 4K Mixed 48.8 159% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 352 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 129%
Seagate One Touch Hub 14TB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 13TB free Firmware: 0064 SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 232 237 231 238 232 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	34.8% Below average	Read 231 Write 216 Mixed 144 SusWrite 234 46% 206 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 10 4K Mixed 0.6 41% 11.2 MB/s	DQ Read 4.6 DQ Write 10.5 DQ Mixed 0.1 2% 5.07 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 37%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 33 28 64 77 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	26.3% Poor	Read 39.3 Write 54.6 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 52 41% 54.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.3 84% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 114%
WD WD120EDAZ-11F3RA0 12TB 397 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 10.5TB free Firmware: 81.00A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 192 204 194 198 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 155 Mixed 104 SusWrite 196 118% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5.9 4K Mixed 1.1 298% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.4% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 20.1 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 20.5 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 88%

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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	1,422x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	676x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	598x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $600Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	598x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	513x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	237x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $67Bench 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	204x

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	120x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,388

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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