Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 133% UFO	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 136% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 109%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	121% 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	132% 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.

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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '21 at 00:36
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 5.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 164 2-Core 328 106% 196 Pts	4-Core 657 8-Core 1,181 110% 919 Pts	64-Core 1760 109% 1760 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4001) CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3850 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	121% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 225 Parallax 158 129% 181 fps	MRender 204 Gravity 135 Splatting 123 122% 154 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$50 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: 32A0T2IA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 609 530 531 532 529 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 1,427 Write 821 Mixed 130 SusWrite 497 158% 719 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 43.8 4K Mixed 36.2 115% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 72.6 DQ Mixed 120 107% 168 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 311%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 453GB free Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1544 845 845 843 848 849 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 1,557 Write 1,750 Mixed 1,394 SusWrite 962 319% 1,416 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 69.1 231% 84.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,135 DQ Write 802 DQ Mixed 998 737% 978 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 276%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 164 168 172 169 170 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 84.3 Write 107 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 163 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 59% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$60 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 25.2 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 29.2 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 57.6 69% 57.6 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 110%

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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	2,522x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,366x
Core i9-10900KIntel $410Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	901x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,014x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	855x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	426x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	591x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	444x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	274x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	302x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	241x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $128Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	237x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,135

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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