Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	69.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	253% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '20 at 15:35
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10850K-$279 84,873 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 155 2-Core 310 101% 186 Pts	4-Core 598 8-Core 1,226 107% 912 Pts	64-Core 2,108 130% 2,108 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$910 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% Gigabyte(1458 4040) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 457.30 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.2% Good	Lighting 78.1 Reflection 91 Parallax 73.2 64% 80.8 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 78 Splatting 102 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 202%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$37 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 410GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101020WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1145 843 844 848 845 846 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 1,950 Write 2,210 Mixed 1,665 SusWrite 895 378% 1,680 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 68.5 239% 90.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,231 DQ Write 854 DQ Mixed 1,072 792% 1,052 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 284%
SanDisk X400 1TB-$310 2,086 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 542GB free Firmware: X4162000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 308 297 293 289 290 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 451 Mixed 348 SusWrite 306 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 46.2 163% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 228 198% 295 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%
Intel SSDPEKNW010T9 1TB 20,963 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 592GB free Firmware: 001C SusWrite @10s intervals: 1244 1245 1243 1243 1243 307 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 1,404 Write 1,241 Mixed 1,012 SusWrite 1,087 266% 1,186 MB/s	4K Read 59.3 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 76.9 259% 89.8 MB/s	DQ Read 868 DQ Write 897 DQ Mixed 614 535% 793 MB/s
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 295%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$86 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 145 148 148 147 150 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 112 Write 101 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 147 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$35 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.2% Good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 19.3 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 22.4 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 109%

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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	2,508x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,362x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	896x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,012x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	850x
RTX 3060Nvidia $212Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	426x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	590x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 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	301x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	241x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	235x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,200

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16