Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 138% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 139% UFO


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 99.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	138% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	260% 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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '21 at 23:07
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Memory 89.3 1-Core 150 2-Core 266 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 591 8-Core 1,021 98% 806 Pts	64-Core 1615 100% 1615 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% MSI(1462 C724) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 186 Parallax 191 153% 188 fps	MRender 205 Gravity 167 Splatting 136 135% 169 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 139%

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% 860GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 951 1012 1214 1202 1190 1192 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 1,386 Write 1,196 Mixed 1,159 SusWrite 1,127 274% 1,217 MB/s	4K Read 63.5 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 85.6 285% 99.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,163 DQ Write 935 DQ Mixed 1,053 787% 1,050 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 410%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 931GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2435 2218 1523 1537 1535 1539 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	360% Outstanding	Read 2,622 Write 2,417 Mixed 1,946 SusWrite 1,798 493% 2,195 MB/s	4K Read 64.6 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 89.7 298% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,281 DQ Write 1,076 DQ Mixed 1,167 878% 1,175 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 360% Great: 410%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G36C16U4WL.M8FE1 4x8GB 827 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	85.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 24.5 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 26.1 78% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 127%

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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 $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	424x

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 $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: $1,117

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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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