Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	64.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	185% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING (all builds)
Memory	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '20 at 04:36
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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-$236 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 152 2-Core 304 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 573 8-Core 1,019 96% 796 Pts	64-Core 1,412 87% 1,412 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% Sapphire(1DA2 E411) Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.12.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Lighting 120 Reflection 127 Parallax 159 98% 135 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate FireCuda 510 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB 1,901 User benchmarks, average bench 259% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: STES1021 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 920 792 765 789 843 837 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	185% Outstanding	Read 1,403 Write 2,155 Mixed 1,426 SusWrite 824 328% 1,452 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 44.2 144% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,356 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 239 307% 585 MB/s
Poor: 136% ↑ This bench: 185% Great: 385%
Seagate FireCuda 510 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB 1,901 User benchmarks, average bench 259% 1TB free Firmware: STES1021 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2012 1058 905 813 783 802 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 1,449 Write 1788 Mixed 1,508 SusWrite 1,062 328% 1,452 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 62.7 4K Mixed 42.8 134% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,325 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 253 306% 572 MB/s
Poor: 136% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 385%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 137 148 146 149 145 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 162 Write 102 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 130 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 177% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3733 C19 2x16GB 1,906 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3733 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 42.9 MC Write 44.6 MC Mixed 32.9 115% 40.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 49 SC Mixed 31.9 97% 33.9 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 130%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 177%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	552x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	364x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	296x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	276x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	256x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	109x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	144x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	98x
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)WD $74Bench 277%, 114,373 samples	94x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	70x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	67x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	66x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,352

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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