Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 149% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 140% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	140% 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.
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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201102
Uptime	8.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '21 at 21:50
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10600K-$144 70,951 User benchmarks, average bench 92% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 162 2-Core 321 105% 193 Pts	4-Core 630 8-Core 1,033 102% 832 Pts	64-Core 1,324 82% 1,324 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Gigabyte(1458 4051) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 4000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Lighting 198 Reflection 178 Parallax 175 161% 183 fps	MRender 205 Gravity 148 Splatting 126 127% 160 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,015 Write 2,364 Mixed 1,782 460% 2,053 MB/s	4K Read 53.6 4K Write 236 4K Mixed 83.7 313% 124 MB/s	DQ Read 1,411 DQ Write 1,145 DQ Mixed 1,261 949% 1,272 MB/s
Poor: 168% Great: 297%
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 38GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 462 463 464 466 467 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 176 Mixed 452 SusWrite 464 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 57.6 189% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 273 228% 330 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 123%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA662 500GB 14,997 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 930GB free Firmware: JP2OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 129 129 130 130 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 128 Write 128 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 129 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C16-8GTZR F4-3200C16-8GTZB F4-3200C16-8GTZR F4-3200C16-8GTZB 32GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 30.1 104% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 43.8 SC Mixed 30.7 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%

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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