Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	86.5% 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	87.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200323
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '20 at 17:56
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 158 2-Core 282 100% 178 Pts	4-Core 632 8-Core 960 99% 796 Pts	64-Core 1,292 80% 1,292 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 107% 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 (95^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 114 Parallax 98 89% 107 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 98.8 Splatting 101 81% 98.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 205 207 206 206 195 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 417 Write 276 Mixed 369 SusWrite 215 72% 320 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 40 144% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 210 184% 271 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 100%
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 100GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 136 136 136 137 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	76% Very good	Read 434 Write 136 Mixed 205 SusWrite 136 50% 228 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 35.5 136% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 157 126% 181 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 77%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 498GB 5,568 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 278GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 118 117 119 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 103 Write 99.4 Mixed 69.4 SusWrite 116 71% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 90%

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 (80^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 26 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 44.6 SC Mixed 29.3 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 110%

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

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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	2,501x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,361x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	892x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,012x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	848x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	424x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	588x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 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	238x
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 $274	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