Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 150%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 103%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 159%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 98.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics152% 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 Drive187% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z490-A  (all builds)
Memory11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20201230
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateFeb 03 '21 at 23:43
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User ROU-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-10700KF-$200
LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
98.9% Outstanding
Memory 95.7
1-Core 153
2-Core 304
101% 184 Pts
4-Core 546
8-Core 1,198
101% 872 Pts
64-Core 1,649
102% 1,649 Pts
Poor: 85%
This bench: 98.9%
Great: 104%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400
CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.51
Performing below potential (77th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
152% Outstanding
Lighting 225
Reflection 210
Parallax 84
183% 173 fps
MRender 194
Gravity 155
Splatting 138
130% 162 fps
Poor: 135%
This bench: 152%
Great: 158%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2018)-$59
191GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 546 436 438 438 436 439 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
187% Outstanding
Read 1,204
Write 1,170
Mixed 1,102
SusWrite 455
220% 983 MB/s
4K Read 44.8
4K Write 145
4K Mixed 65.5
229% 85.1 MB/s
DQ Read 858
DQ Write 950
DQ Mixed 790
626% 866 MB/s
Poor: 141%
This bench: 187%
Great: 228%
Adata SU650 480GB-$89
318GB free
Firmware: SBFMBB.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 426 430 431 426 420 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
98% Outstanding
Read 387
Write 335
Mixed 371
SusWrite 424
86% 379 MB/s
4K Read 32.4
4K Write 78
4K Mixed 40.2
142% 50.2 MB/s
DQ Read 262
DQ Write 309
DQ Mixed 212
180% 261 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 98%
Great: 99%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
741GB free
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 166 170 169 169 168 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
97.4% Outstanding
Read 170
Write 167
Mixed 111
SusWrite 169
114% 154 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1.1
229% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 97.4%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
95.2% Outstanding
MC Read 37.2
MC Write 37.6
MC Mixed 25.1
95% 33.3 GB/s
SC Read 20.1
SC Write 43
SC Mixed 29.5
88% 30.9 GB/s
Latency 54.9
73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 95.2%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z490-A Builds (Compare 7,300 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 143%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 142%
UFO

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z490-A - $330

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $1,114
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