Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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 a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	96.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

5 days ago, 5 days ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '21 at 02:26
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing way below expectations (17^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-$360 63,400 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Relative performance (0^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Memory 57.3 1-Core 24.1 2-Core 49.4 31% 43.6 Pts	4-Core 97.1 8-Core 179 17% 138 Pts	64-Core 259 17% 259 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 82,730 User benchmarks, average bench 153% MSI(1462 3903) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3525 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.6% Outstanding	Lighting 94.8 Reflection 136 Parallax 184 77% 138 fps	MRender 174 Gravity 144 Splatting 128 120% 149 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 166%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate FireCuda 520 SSD ZP500GM30002 500GB 2,589 User benchmarks, average bench 262% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: STNSC014 SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 464 461 454 475 474 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 734 Write 1,156 Mixed 436 SusWrite 464 157% 698 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 36.1 4K Mixed 21.6 79% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 192 139% 182 MB/s
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 381%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$47 718,373 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 208GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 109 112 110 112 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 174 Write 176 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 110 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$52 280,094 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 168 175 180 185 173 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 151 Write 152 Mixed 75.1 SusWrite 171 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 97% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$79 377,979 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 8 MC Mixed 10.6 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 7.3 21% 7.47 GB/s	Latency 136 29% 136 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 109%

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

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Gaming 198%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 200%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z490-A - $205

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $360Bench 99%, 63,400 samples	1,829x
Core i9-10850KIntel $405Bench 101%, 16,288 samples	575x
Core i5-10600KIntel $257Bench 95%, 19,754 samples	422x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $700Bench 204%, 78,061 samples	411x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 118%, 403,865 samples	376x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 153%, 82,730 samples	337x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 329%, 169,427 samples	364x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $140Bench 306%, 195,610 samples	259x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $85Bench 287%, 232,414 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $214Bench 87%, 70,218 samples	260x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $95Bench 85%, 191,326 samples	195x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 377,979 samples	142x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $1,629

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $219	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $47	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16