Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.9% 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	77.6% 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.

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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 03 '20 at 15:30
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10600K-$144 70,951 User benchmarks, average bench 92% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 135 2-Core 281 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 824 85% 686 Pts	64-Core 1,088 67% 1,088 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 113 Parallax 96.8 88% 106 fps	MRender 96.1 Gravity 99 Splatting 101 81% 98.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 204 202 290 209 211 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 364 Write 125 Mixed 321 SusWrite 234 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 65.6 4K Mixed 33.8 121% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 182 158% 233 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 100%
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 100GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 136 135 136 136 135 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 429 Write 135 Mixed 204 SusWrite 136 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 68.8 4K Mixed 30.3 110% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 149 122% 176 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 77%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 498GB 5,568 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 278GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 118 119 117 117 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 103 Write 99.8 Mixed 69.9 SusWrite 118 72% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 90%
Lexar JumpDrive S73 USB 3.0 16GB-$18 459 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 11GB free, PID a205 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 21 21 21 21 21 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	11.1% Very poor	Read 43 Write 20.7 Mixed 26.1 SusWrite 20.8 34% 27.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.7 28% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 11.1% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 26.2 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 26.2 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,495x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,360x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	891x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,011x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	848x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	424x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	587x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	439x
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	237x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	234x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,117

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 $179	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