Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	208% 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 @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '21 at 22:03
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 i9-10850K-$286 84,873 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 84.5 1-Core 156 2-Core 309 98% 183 Pts	4-Core 582 8-Core 1,200 105% 891 Pts	64-Core 2,076 128% 2,076 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	77.6% Very good	Lighting 98.8 Reflection 99 Parallax 90.8 80% 96.2 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 92 Splatting 78 72% 89.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 918 419 183 188 177 178 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 1,556 Write 1,596 Mixed 1259 SusWrite 344 266% 1,189 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 73 255% 95.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,189 DQ Write 849 DQ Mixed 993 749% 1,010 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 237%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 95GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 276 276 277 276 276 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 303 Mixed 355 SusWrite 290 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 91.7 4K Mixed 52.9 178% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 228 205% 312 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 118%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 40GB free Firmware: SBFKJ4.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 450 457 459 460 459 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 387 Write 215 Mixed 341 SusWrite 448 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 79.4 4K Mixed 38.5 140% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 195 170% 248 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 100%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 162GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1217 1124 580 580 582 582 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 1,390 Write 1,220 Mixed 1,127 SusWrite 777 253% 1,129 MB/s	4K Read 62.3 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 82.8 274% 94.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,254 DQ Write 1008 DQ Mixed 1,132 847% 1,131 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 340%
Hitachi HUA722010CLA330 1TB-$38 10,195 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 335GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 106 107 108 108 108 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 116 Write 119 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 108 73% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown MMX3A2K16GD432C16 4x8GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.2% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 21.5 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 21.7 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 100%

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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	233x

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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