Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	79.2% 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	266% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	55.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '21 at 03:11
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 155 2-Core 310 102% 186 Pts	4-Core 584 8-Core 1,058 99% 821 Pts	64-Core 1,646 102% 1,646 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1266) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Lighting 103 Reflection 95.9 Parallax 86.9 84% 95.2 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 91.1 Splatting 75.8 70% 87.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 272GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1772 1595 1733 1627 1678 1675 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 1,985 Write 1,961 Mixed 1677 SusWrite 1680 411% 1,826 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 71.7 4K Mixed 55 178% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,142 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 252 285% 515 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 347%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 905GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 121 138 147 144 147 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 67.3 Write 86.4 Mixed 34.6 SusWrite 134 58% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 96% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 220GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 124 126 122 122 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 130 Mixed 98.5 SusWrite 123 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 109%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 565GB free Firmware: SD3A SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 34 38 32 37 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 8.2 Write 21.2 Mixed 13 SusWrite 33.9 14% 19.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.2 55% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C14-32GVK 2x31.5GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 2 of 4 slots used 63GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	93.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 28.1 95% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 27.5 79% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 171%

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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	2,499x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,360x
Core i9-10900KIntel $442Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	892x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,012x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	848x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	424x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	588x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	440x
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	238x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	234x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,112

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 $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