Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	265% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '20 at 04:45
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$230 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 129 2-Core 326 98% 184 Pts	4-Core 643 8-Core 1,203 110% 923 Pts	64-Core 1,676 104% 1,676 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FBE) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.67 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 103 Reflection 94.6 Parallax 86.7 84% 94.6 fps	Gravity 89.4 Splatting 77.3 73% 83.3 fps
Poor: 70% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 374GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1070 994 995 998 996 996 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 2,023 Write 2,297 Mixed 1,745 SusWrite 1,008 398% 1,768 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 69.2 241% 89.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,126 DQ Write 1,040 DQ Mixed 1,088 815% 1,084 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 297%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$48 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 199 207 211 209 208 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 132 Write 138 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 206 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 97% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$42 87,344 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 26.9 101% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 49 SC Mixed 30.6 96% 33.7 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 120%

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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 $230Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	554x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	364x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	297x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $600Bench 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 $98Bench 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: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $1,042

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 $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