Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	106% 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	203% 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	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, 13 days ago, 13 days ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '21 at 00:35
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700KF-$310 7,817 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 152 2-Core 300 102% 182 Pts	4-Core 604 8-Core 982 101% 793 Pts	64-Core 1,488 100% 1,488 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$400 296,727 User benchmarks, average bench 107% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.2.2 Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 139 Parallax 187 107% 153 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 132 Splatting 93.1 104% 112 fps
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 118%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$65 6,215 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 249GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0614B0 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1122 1111 582 548 970 929 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 1,409 Write 1,168 Mixed 889 SusWrite 877 243% 1,086 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 36.4 198% 76.8 MB/s	DQ Read 742 DQ Write 850 DQ Mixed 484 451% 692 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 246%
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB 20,918 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 22GB free Firmware: UF3000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 118 110 96 34 7.2 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 449 Write 128 Mixed 191 SusWrite 80.3 46% 212 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 40.3 4K Mixed 19.3 80% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 65.7 DQ Mixed 43.3 45% 75.7 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 56%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 2,294,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 344GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 149 151 149 152 152 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 146 Write 133 Mixed 88.3 SusWrite 150 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2E3200C16 G.SKILL F4-3200C16-8GVKB CMK16GX4M2E3200C16 G.SKILL F4-3200C16-8GVKB 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 29.8 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 45.3 SC Mixed 30.9 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

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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