Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	85.5% 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	42.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '20 at 21:32
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$141 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)	105% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 157 2-Core 307 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 617 8-Core 959 97% 788 Pts	64-Core 1,295 80% 1,295 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 105% 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 (90^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 108 Parallax 97.6 88% 105 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 96.3 Splatting 99.1 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 233 208 232 253 207 MB/s Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	42.5% Average	Read 255 Write 107 Mixed 98.3 SusWrite 228 38% 172 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 22.8 4K Mixed 13.3 58% 18.5 MB/s	DQ Read 17 DQ Write 18.3 DQ Mixed 17 13% 17.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 100%
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 91GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 136 136 136 136 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 437 Write 137 Mixed 205 SusWrite 136 50% 229 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 35.4 135% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 158 127% 181 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 77%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 498GB 5,568 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 278GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 117 115 117 116 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 102 Write 98.4 Mixed 69.4 SusWrite 116 71% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.5% 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 (76^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 25.7 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 40.5 SC Mixed 29.4 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 95.7% 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 $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,514x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,364x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	900x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,013x
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	850x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	426x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	591x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	441x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	273x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	302x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	241x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	237x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $1,191

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16