Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99.8% 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	47.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '21 at 17:27
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10600K-$144 70,951 User benchmarks, average bench 92% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 145 2-Core 279 97% 173 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 882 85% 702 Pts	64-Core 1,152 71% 1,152 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4009) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.8% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 112 Parallax 0.2 98% 77.5 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 111 Splatting 105 103% 130 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Microsoft Storage Space Device 498GB 3,312 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 131GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 488 458 481 438 452 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 67% Great: 126%
Sandisk PLUS 120GB 16,974 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE5000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 12 52 1.4 97 63 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 439 Write 278 Mixed 261 SusWrite 59.8 57% 259 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 36.2 4K Mixed 18.5 71% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 77.8 DQ Mixed 41.4 46% 78.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 55%
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 466GB free Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 212 197 223 173 190 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 475 Mixed 364 SusWrite 200 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 45 150% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 262 218% 316 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB 35,395 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 25.4 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 37.8 SC Mixed 29.5 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 112%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 177%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	552x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	363x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	296x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	276x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	256x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $630Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	109x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	144x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	97x
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)WD $74Bench 277%, 114,373 samples	94x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	70x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	67x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	66x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,355

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