Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	88.4% 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	111% 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 (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '20 at 22:54
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$220 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 86.4 1-Core 153 2-Core 303 98% 181 Pts	4-Core 610 8-Core 1,194 107% 902 Pts	64-Core 1,666 103% 1,666 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 116 Parallax 98.2 92% 109 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 82% 99.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 512GB-$150 16,934 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 347GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 422 478 464 478 483 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 470 Mixed 411 SusWrite 438 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 98 4K Mixed 52.2 148% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 344 262% 354 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%
OCZ Trion 100 480GB-$139 1,753 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 274GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 172 127 129 136 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 510 Write 472 Mixed 384 SusWrite 156 85% 381 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 37.5 138% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 191 179% 278 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 90%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3TB free Firmware: FP1R SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 171 173 170 175 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 172 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 172 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 7.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 462% 3.57 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 184 180 190 186 189 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 161 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 186 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GB 32,191 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.6% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.5 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 22.3 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 134%

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Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z490-A - $330

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,505x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,362x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	896x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,012x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	850x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	424x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	589x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $154Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	440x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	272x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	299x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	240x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $115Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	235x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,103

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16