Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 140%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 111%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 144%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 112%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics124% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive259% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z490-A  (all builds)
Memory13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.3 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200529
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 20 '20 at 01:47
Run Duration208 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing above expectations (78th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-10700K-$236
LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
112% Outstanding
Memory 98.7
1-Core 165
2-Core 333
108% 199 Pts
4-Core 673
8-Core 1,250
115% 962 Pts
64-Core 1,821
113% 1,821 Pts
Poor: 86%
This bench: 112%
Great: 104%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407
EVGA(3842 2080) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71
Performing below potential (50th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
124% Outstanding
Lighting 169
Reflection 166
Parallax 167
138% 167 fps
MRender 188
Gravity 144
Splatting 104
114% 146 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 124%
Great: 134%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 1TB
706GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1437 877 1006 988 947 980 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
259% Outstanding
Read 1,414
Write 2,528
Mixed 1,622
SusWrite 1,039
374% 1,651 MB/s
4K Read 49.9
4K Write 169
4K Mixed 75.6
262% 98.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,369
DQ Write 1233
DQ Mixed 1,356
1,002% 1,319 MB/s
Poor: 112%
This bench: 259%
Great: 284%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36
121GB free
Firmware: MU02.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 55 55 54 53 54 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
92.4% Outstanding
Read 508
Write 389
Mixed 405
SusWrite 89
78% 348 MB/s
4K Read 33.8
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 47.2
172% 65 MB/s
DQ Read 287
DQ Write 322
DQ Mixed 242
199% 284 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 92.4%
Great: 91%
Dierya 500GB 500GB
215GB free
Firmware: Q0526A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 419 416 421 423 421 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
131% Outstanding
Read 518
Write 482
Mixed 446
SusWrite 424
105% 468 MB/s
4K Read 46.2
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 66.7
220% 78.2 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 338
DQ Mixed 142
166% 288 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 131%
Great: 130%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-4300 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4300 MHz
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
104% Outstanding
MC Read 33.1
MC Write 44.2
MC Mixed 27.2
100% 34.8 GB/s
SC Read 25.1
SC Write 54.7
SC Mixed 36.4
111% 38.7 GB/s
Latency 42.8
94% 42.8 ns
Poor: 75%
This bench: 104%
Great: 139%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z490-A Builds (Compare 7,308 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 143%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 142%
UFO

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z490-A - $330

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $1,112
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