Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.4% 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	215% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	60.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '20 at 11:19
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700K-$224 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 77.1 1-Core 162 2-Core 317 98% 185 Pts	4-Core 606 8-Core 1,187 106% 897 Pts	64-Core 1656 102% 1656 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$288 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 8732) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 129 Parallax 112 97% 120 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 101 Splatting 96.3 89% 111 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 97%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$88 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 450GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR021 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 556 1167 1211 1260 1275 1252 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 926 Write 1,266 Mixed 882 SusWrite 1,120 238% 1,048 MB/s	4K Read 55.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 71 235% 80.1 MB/s	DQ Read 915 DQ Write 707 DQ Mixed 312 369% 645 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 295%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3600C16-16GVKC F4-3600C16-16GVKC 8A45 CL16-18-18 D4-3000 8A45 CL16-18-18 D4-3000 64GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	63.2% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 19.6 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 20.7 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 86 46% 86 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 69%

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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 - $265

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,531x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,372x
Core i9-10900KIntel $430Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	904x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,022x
RTX 3080Nvidia $879Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	856x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	427x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	593x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $157Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	444x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	274x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	303x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	242x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $118Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	237x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,142

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16