Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	335% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '21 at 16:43
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900KF-$255 21,040 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 91.4 1-Core 161 2-Core 318 103% 190 Pts	4-Core 633 8-Core 1242 111% 937 Pts	64-Core 2,166 134% 2,166 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super)-$300 180,577 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 139D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing below potential (78^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.2% Good	Lighting 78.5 Reflection 77.7 Parallax 74.5 64% 76.9 fps	MRender 62.4 Gravity 73.9 Splatting 59.5 53% 65.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 303GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2318 2071 1470 1469 1460 1476 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	335% Outstanding	Read 2580 Write 2,384 Mixed 1,823 SusWrite 1,711 477% 2,124 MB/s	4K Read 62.3 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 82.8 276% 95.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,145 DQ Write 732 DQ Mixed 947 704% 941 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 335% Great: 410%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 459GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 82 84 85 84 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 74 Write 76.2 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 83.3 54% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 217 219 220 209 217 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 119 Write 154 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 210 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 5,095 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	88.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 26.9 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 38.3 SC Mixed 27 79% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 115%

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

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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 $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,516x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,364x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	900x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,014x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	851x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	426x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	591x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	442x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	273x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	302x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	241x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	237x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,205

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16