Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.8% 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	262% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	41.9 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '21 at 00:55
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 85.3 1-Core 159 2-Core 284 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 972 88% 738 Pts	64-Core 2,111 131% 2,111 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 8623) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.8% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 132 Parallax 120 93% 122 fps	MRender 92.3 Gravity 122 Splatting 110 89% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 80,540 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 367GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5L2QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1565 1057 606 605 607 603 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 2,223 Write 1912 Mixed 1,380 SusWrite 841 355% 1,589 MB/s	4K Read 57.5 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 77.2 257% 89.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,114 DQ Write 741 DQ Mixed 931 694% 928 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 296%
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 111GB free Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 81 86 88 86 86 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 462 Write 402 Mixed 354 SusWrite 122 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 21.5 113% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 33.6 84% 173 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 71%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 214GB free Firmware: 4L7QCXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 327 328 326 326 326 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 1,070 Write 880 Mixed 720 SusWrite 351 169% 755 MB/s	4K Read 53.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 68 228% 77.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,189 DQ Write 891 DQ Mixed 960 740% 1,014 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 236%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 234GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 155 154 155 155 154 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 153 Write 149 Mixed 98 SusWrite 154 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 198% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 109%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 3.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 166 166 165 163 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 167 Write 181 Mixed 119 SusWrite 165 215% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 98%
Verbatim STORE N GO 64GB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 33GB free, PID 0258 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 15 19 20 22 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 36.6 Write 33.2 Mixed 6 SusWrite 18.3 29% 23.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 1.8 123% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4DFD824A.M16FD Adata DDR4 2400 2OZ CT16G4DFD824A.M16FD Adata DDR4 2400 2OZ 48GB 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	79.7% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 24.9 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 34.6 SC Mixed 25.8 74% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns

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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