Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 215% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 232% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	218% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	237% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

7 days ago, 7 days ago, 7 days ago, 6 days ago, 6 days ago, 5 days ago, 5 days ago, 4 days ago, 4 days ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '21 at 02:26
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10850K-$405 16,288 User benchmarks, average bench 101% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 154 2-Core 304 103% 184 Pts	4-Core 578 8-Core 1,154 106% 866 Pts	64-Core 1,910 128% 1,910 Pts
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$700 78,061 User benchmarks, average bench 204% MSI(1462 3892) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Lighting 292 Reflection 258 Parallax 299 236% 283 fps	MRender 301 Gravity 234 Splatting 170 196% 235 fps
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 226%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-1T00-1006 1TB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 211% 705GB free (System drive) Firmware: HPS2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1431 875 834 834 834 835 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 1,564 Write 1,710 Mixed 1,196 SusWrite 940 304% 1,352 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 67.8 232% 84.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,056 DQ Write 963 DQ Mixed 972 740% 997 MB/s
Poor: 172% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 232%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HP32D4U8D8HC-16X 2x16GB 227 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 29.6 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 45.9 SC Mixed 29.1 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 103%

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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 ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $360Bench 99%, 63,400 samples	503x
Core i9-10900KIntel $515Bench 102%, 27,856 samples	293x
Core i9-10850KIntel $405Bench 101%, 16,288 samples	198x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $700Bench 204%, 78,061 samples	170x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 118%, 403,865 samples	131x
RTX 2080S (Super)Nvidia $770Bench 138%, 146,703 samples	110x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 329%, 169,427 samples	177x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $140Bench 306%, 195,610 samples	123x
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)WD $128Bench 292%, 41,207 samples	86x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $214Bench 87%, 70,218 samples	102x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $95Bench 85%, 191,326 samples	58x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 38,475 samples	53x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $1,424

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