Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 102% 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	59.4% 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)
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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 4.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '21 at 02:54
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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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-$410 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 151 2-Core 316 102% 188 Pts	4-Core 634 8-Core 1,263 112% 948 Pts	64-Core 2,166 134% 2,166 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 (91^st percentile)	59.4% Above average	Lighting 74.1 Reflection 113 Parallax 68.5 60% 85.2 fps	MRender 67.1 Gravity 73.8 Splatting 69.3 57% 70.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 250GB 26,055 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT24B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 9,687 Write 8318 Mixed 8,715 1,986% 8,907 MB/s	4K Read 644 4K Write 418 4K Mixed 475 1,806% 512 MB/s	DQ Read 1,472 DQ Write 971 DQ Mixed 1,180 892% 1,208 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 126%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 10TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 9.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 41 48 38 59 66 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Read 58.6 Write 145 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 55.6 19% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 41.8 4K Mixed 1.1 25% 14.6 MB/s	DQ Read 3 DQ Write 34.2 DQ Mixed 0.6 6% 12.6 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 4266 C19 4x8GB 199 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4400 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	MC Read 47.6 MC Write 48.6 MC Mixed 37.5 127% 44.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 52.3 SC Mixed 32.6 102% 35.7 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 144%

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

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z490-A - $265

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,522x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,366x
Core i9-10900KIntel $410Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	901x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,014x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	855x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	426x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	591x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $152Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	444x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	274x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	302x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	241x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $128Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	237x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,135

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16