Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	79.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	303% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING (all builds)
Memory	60.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '20 at 02:32
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 89.7 1-Core 156 2-Core 308 100% 184 Pts	4-Core 611 8-Core 1,124 104% 868 Pts	64-Core 1,614 100% 1,614 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.6% Very good	Lighting 97.5 Reflection 111 Parallax 93.7 79% 101 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 94.7 Splatting 99.5 80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$82 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 422GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42A4SANA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1830 1800 1650 677 834 515 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	303% Outstanding	Read 2,528 Write 1,909 Mixed 220 SusWrite 1,218 325% 1,469 MB/s	4K Read 59.4 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 82.3 281% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 733 DQ Write 1,101 DQ Mixed 483 487% 772 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 303% Great: 311%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 645GB free Firmware: MS2OA8K0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 170 164 159 173 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 170 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 167 96% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 140% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB 5,791 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.6% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 22.3 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 23.9 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 134%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 177%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	554x
Core i9-10900KIntel $442Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	364x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	296x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	276x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	256x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	109x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	144x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	98x
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)WD $74Bench 277%, 114,373 samples	94x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	70x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	67x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	66x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $1,065

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