Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	74.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	105% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '21 at 02:16
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700K-$236 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 151 2-Core 298 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 993 95% 782 Pts	64-Core 1,614 100% 1,614 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2182 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.7% Very good	Lighting 91.6 Reflection 102 Parallax 93.5 75% 95.9 fps	MRender 88.7 Gravity 93.6 Splatting 91.2 75% 91.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 234 216 202 185 169 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 478 Mixed 406 SusWrite 225 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 53.6 178% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 349 263% 353 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 450GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 464 475 472 482 481 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 481 Mixed 440 SusWrite 465 107% 474 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 56.9 187% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 352 264% 353 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 24.3 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 28.3 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 107%

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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	2,495x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,360x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	891x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,011x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	848x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	424x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 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 $56Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,114

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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