Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 149% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 165% UFO


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 98.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	153% 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	257% 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210113
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '21 at 15:04
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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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 i9-10900KF-$260 21,040 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Memory 83.5 1-Core 154 2-Core 308 98% 182 Pts	4-Core 606 8-Core 1,105 103% 856 Pts	64-Core 2,104 130% 2,104 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% MSI(1462 3901) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3525 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	153% Outstanding	Lighting 228 Reflection 206 Parallax 199 186% 211 fps	MRender 194 Gravity 153 Splatting 135 128% 161 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 294GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2165 1936 1509 1392 1313 1256 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 1,240 Write 2,237 Mixed 1,280 SusWrite 1,595 361% 1,588 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 67.7 222% 77.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,008 DQ Write 825 DQ Mixed 898 677% 910 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 425%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 538GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 485 484 484 484 478 431 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 485 Mixed 458 SusWrite 474 108% 481 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 51.7 172% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 355 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2E3200C16 4x8GB 2,651 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.8% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 21.7 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 23.3 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 115%

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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	2,490x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,360x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	890x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,011x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	848x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	423x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	586x
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 $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	299x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	237x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	233x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,105

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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