Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	103% 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	327% 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	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	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '21 at 07:26
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700-$233 71,010 User benchmarks, average bench 93% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 89.4 1-Core 152 2-Core 297 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 595 8-Core 1,054 99% 824 Pts	64-Core 1,625 101% 1,625 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 3FF1) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 116 Parallax 130 102% 124 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 116 Splatting 109 108% 135 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG Gammix S11 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 2,445 User benchmarks, average bench 208% 396GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1299 1482 1463 1513 1533 1483 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	327% Outstanding	Read 2,511 Write 1,493 Mixed 1,262 SusWrite 1,462 375% 1,682 MB/s	4K Read 61.8 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 83.3 273% 94.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,317 DQ Write 1,022 DQ Mixed 1,106 845% 1,148 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 327% Great: 310%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 276GB free Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 326 309 299 293 291 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 476 Mixed 353 SusWrite 319 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 46.3 160% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 248 211% 309 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2017)-$88 26,606 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 134 140 142 144 144 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 82.7 Write 130 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 141 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 84% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2017)-$88 26,606 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 174 181 184 183 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 148 Mixed 60.7 SusWrite 180 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 63% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB 12,182 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.5% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 21.7 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 24.3 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 99%

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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	2,493x
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 $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	423x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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 $63Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,124

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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