Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	59.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	118% 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, 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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 4.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201130
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '21 at 17:29
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900K-$449 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 170 2-Core 327 108% 198 Pts	4-Core 637 8-Core 1,249 112% 943 Pts	64-Core 2,156 133% 2,156 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85B6) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Lighting 74.1 Reflection 115 Parallax 70.8 60% 86.7 fps	MRender 68.4 Gravity 74.1 Splatting 70.5 58% 71 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 250GB 26,055 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT24B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 481 376 350 350 351 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 482 Mixed 442 SusWrite 397 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 56.3 184% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 353 266% 357 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 126%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 6TB 828 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 5.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 49 50 47 49 48 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 333 Write 14.7 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 48.9 76% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.9 194% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 159%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3733 C19 4x8GB 257 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4100 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	MC Read 47.5 MC Write 47.3 MC Mixed 36.5 125% 43.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 51.2 SC Mixed 34.8 103% 36 GB/s	Latency 50.3 80% 50.3 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 126%

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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	2,491x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,360x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	890x

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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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