Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 114% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 99.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	114% 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	69.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '21 at 09:18
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (57^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-$326 74,470 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Memory 91.1 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 99% 176 Pts	4-Core 582 8-Core 1,042 102% 812 Pts	64-Core 1,563 105% 1,563 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$808 622,179 User benchmarks, average bench 136% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 143 Parallax 143 114% 142 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 143 Splatting 119 114% 130 fps
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 150%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$31 73,380 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 196 205 208 207 205 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 469 Write 182 Mixed 205 SusWrite 204 59% 265 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 91.5 4K Mixed 13.3 105% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 79.5 88% 147 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 76%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$60 503,065 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 92GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 313 314 304 305 301 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 487 Mixed 464 SusWrite 328 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 54.6 182% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 353 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$38 2,147,302 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 81GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 107 106 105 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 154 Write 113 Mixed 80 SusWrite 106 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 110%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$70 85,010 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 163 164 163 164 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 155 Mixed 107 SusWrite 163 107% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$30 1,222,549 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 574GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 200 198 200 200 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 138 Mixed 89.2 SusWrite 198 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 4x8GB 1,232 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 23.4 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 24.1 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 116%

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

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 152%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z490-A - $195

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $326Bench 99%, 74,470 samples	2,302x
Core i9-10850KIntel $395Bench 101%, 26,143 samples	885x
Core i5-10600KIntel $224Bench 96%, 25,720 samples	572x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 153%, 122,942 samples	585x
RTX 3080Nvidia $700Bench 204%, 98,347 samples	565x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 118%, 427,308 samples	424x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $165Bench 321%, 217,736 samples	504x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $137Bench 303%, 216,060 samples	397x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $80Bench 287%, 279,126 samples	335x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $240Bench 87%, 88,954 samples	310x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $100Bench 85%, 200,587 samples	270x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 377,583 samples	184x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $1,425

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $224	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $48
Intel Core i5-10400F $143	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-10700K $326	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16