Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 140% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% 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	169% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING (all builds)
Memory	53.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '21 at 21:11
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900K-$440 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 79.1 1-Core 158 2-Core 310 97% 182 Pts	4-Core 620 8-Core 1,196 108% 908 Pts	64-Core 2,064 128% 2,064 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 194 Parallax 186 146% 186 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 183 Splatting 129 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 746 622 548 318 275 267 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	169% Outstanding	Read 969 Write 1,649 Mixed 915 SusWrite 462 226% 999 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 56.9 198% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 781 DQ Write 1,045 DQ Mixed 764 619% 863 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 254%
Seagate SkyHawk 10TB (2016)-$249 71 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 322GB free Firmware: AV01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 108 107 107 108 107 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 32% Great: 109%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 305GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 63 64 66 63 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 75.2 Write 94.6 Mixed 81.4 SusWrite 65.1 59% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 85%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 704GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 74 73 76 75 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 105 Write 103 Mixed 93.4 SusWrite 74.7 70% 94 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.8 184% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 85%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.5 6 41 34 10 14 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 44% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMT64GX4M4C3200C16 4x16GB 1,283 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.2% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 20.4 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 20.5 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 82.2 49% 82.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 136%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 101%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	554x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	364x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	297x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $600Bench 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	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: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $1,045

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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