Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	29% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

13 days ago, 13 days ago, 13 days ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '21 at 00:29
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10600KF-$200 4,525 User benchmarks, average bench 96% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 139 2-Core 279 98% 172 Pts	4-Core 544 8-Core 833 88% 688 Pts	64-Core 1,121 75% 1,121 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 127,728 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Palit(1569 1187) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1550 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	29% Poor	Lighting 31.4 Reflection 33.8 Parallax 40.2 25% 35.1 fps	MRender 42.7 Gravity 40.8 Splatting 33.4 33% 39 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 30%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,048 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 318GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM02.H SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 471 467 450 477 406 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 450 Mixed 359 SusWrite 453 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 36.3 133% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 175 175% 280 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 2,294,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 929GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 180 178 179 180 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 153 Mixed 92.3 SusWrite 180 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$95 32,977 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 42.8 MC Mixed 27.2 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 46.1 SC Mixed 30.5 91% 32 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 111%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Workstation 152%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z490-A - $220

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $285Bench 99%, 83,538 samples	2,399x
Core i9-10850KIntel $400Bench 101%, 24,164 samples	975x
Core i5-10600KIntel $224Bench 96%, 25,830 samples	610x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 153%, 132,192 samples	637x
RTX 3080Nvidia $700Bench 205%, 109,907 samples	582x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 119%, 422,698 samples	438x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $161Bench 322%, 203,307 samples	530x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $139Bench 308%, 220,292 samples	441x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $80Bench 284%, 248,098 samples	348x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $279Bench 88%, 88,104 samples	318x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $105Bench 85%, 200,856 samples	286x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 424,286 samples	197x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $1,445

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $224	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-10400F $148	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-10700K $285	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $49

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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