Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 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 37.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	91.6% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years 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 (19^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-$236 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Memory 57.3 1-Core 24.7 2-Core 51.2 30% 44.4 Pts	4-Core 102 8-Core 191 18% 147 Pts	64-Core 265 16% 265 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% MSI(1462 3903) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3525 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.6% Outstanding	Lighting 94.8 Reflection 136 Parallax 184 77% 138 fps	MRender 174 Gravity 144 Splatting 128 119% 149 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate FireCuda 520 SSD ZP500GM30002 500GB 5,180 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 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: 124% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 387%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 208GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 109 112 110 112 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th 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: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 168 175 180 185 173 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd 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: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Relative performance (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: 61% ↑ This bench: 32.9% 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 - $330

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,495x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,360x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	891x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,011x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	848x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	424x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	587x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	439x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	272x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	299x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	237x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	234x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,114

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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