Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	72.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	52.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colori, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201130
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '20 at 19:16
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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-$144 70,951 User benchmarks, average bench 92% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 147 2-Core 290 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 908 87% 720 Pts	64-Core 1,150 71% 1,150 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861E) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2302 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.8% Very good	Lighting 86.9 Reflection 103 Parallax 96.8 71% 95.5 fps	MRender 82.8 Gravity 102 Splatting 94.7 77% 93.3 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 101%
Intel UHD Graphics 630 39,219 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9030 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.49% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 10.3 Parallax 9.1 5% 8.5 fps	MRender 12.1 Gravity 7.8 Splatting 13.8 9% 11.2 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.49% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA400M8240G 240GB 27,523 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 10GB free Firmware: 03090004 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 398 Write 278 Mixed 282 71% 320 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 13.5 4K Mixed 14.2 48% 14.3 MB/s	DQ Read 71.1 DQ Write 24.1 DQ Mixed 36.4 30% 43.9 MB/s
Poor: 37% Great: 91%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 216 244 274 304 305 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 452 Write 375 Mixed 329 SusWrite 260 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 13.4 4K Mixed 15.1 55% 15.8 MB/s	DQ Read 62.4 DQ Write 19.2 DQ Mixed 35 27% 38.9 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 124%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 149 156 160 158 161 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 152 Mixed 95.9 SusWrite 156 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 196% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 161 167 167 163 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 102 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 165 93% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: CV13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 113 119 118 117 123 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 119 Write 141 Mixed 65.9 SusWrite 118 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 25.8 97% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 30.1 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 107%

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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	363x
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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	144x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	97x
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 $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	67x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	66x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,355

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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