Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 129% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 131% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 98.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	136% 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	92.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING (all builds)
Memory	18.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201230
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '21 at 07:49
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Memory 88.3 1-Core 150 2-Core 297 97% 178 Pts	4-Core 581 8-Core 1,066 99% 824 Pts	64-Core 1,552 96% 1,552 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Gigabyte(1458 3FF9) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 179 Parallax 188 152% 184 fps	MRender 203 Gravity 155 Splatting 133 130% 164 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0B 500GB 11,733 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 369 376 334 415 422 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 450 Mixed 224 SusWrite 371 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 35 114% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 278 224% 318 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 213 204 219 218 217 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 182 Mixed 68 SusWrite 211 111% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3200 3x8GB 357 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.4% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 13.5 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 16.8 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 100%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 178%

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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	553x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	364x
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 $660Bench 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	98x
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 $56Bench 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 $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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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