Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 150% UFO	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 144% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	145% 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 Drive	301% 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201102
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '20 at 00:02
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (94^th 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 5.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 162 2-Core 328 106% 195 Pts	4-Core 590 8-Core 1,020 97% 805 Pts	64-Core 1,339 83% 1,339 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Gigabyte(1458 4051) ≥ 4GB; Aorus Master CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Lighting 210 Reflection 187 Parallax 179 171% 192 fps	MRender 204 Gravity 148 Splatting 126 127% 159 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$35 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 226GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1363 996 998 997 998 997 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	301% Outstanding	Read 2,022 Write 2,348 Mixed 1,789 SusWrite 1,058 406% 1,804 MB/s	4K Read 53.8 4K Write 241 4K Mixed 84.4 317% 126 MB/s	DQ Read 1,474 DQ Write 1,161 DQ Mixed 1,296 976% 1,311 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 301% Great: 297%
Crucial MX500 250GB-$39 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 20GB free Firmware: M3CR020 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 509 Write 463 Mixed 446 105% 472 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 58 199% 72.3 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 271 227% 328 MB/s
Poor: 73% Great: 123%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA662 500GB 14,997 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 930GB free Firmware: JP2OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 130 129 130 131 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 126 Write 119 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 130 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C16-8GTZR F4-3200C16-8GTZB F4-3200C16-8GTZR F4-3200C16-8GTZB 32GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3400, 3400, 3400, 3400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 41 MC Write 42.1 MC Mixed 31.6 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 46.5 SC Mixed 31.8 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 113%

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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	2,513x
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