Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 98.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics75.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING  (all builds)
Memory24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200529
Uptime3.4 Days
Run DateApr 13 '21 at 03:39
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User QAT-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing as expected (50th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-10850K-$286
LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
98.2% Outstanding
Memory 94
1-Core 140
2-Core 278
95% 171 Pts
4-Core 548
8-Core 1,049
95% 799 Pts
64-Core 1,972
122% 1,972 Pts
Poor: 88%
This bench: 98.2%
Great: 105%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 465.89
Performing below potential (45th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
75.4% Very good
Lighting 96.5
Reflection 136
Parallax 88.3
79% 107 fps
MRender 94.6
Gravity 88.8
Splatting 74.6
69% 86 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 75.4%
Great: 81%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46
116GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 2,431
Write 2,202
Mixed 1494
454% 2,042 MB/s
4K Read 57.1
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 75.3
250% 86.2 MB/s
DQ Read 933
DQ Write 893
DQ Mixed 918
688% 915 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 302%
Seagate ST2000NM0008-2F3100 2TB
1.5TB free
Firmware: SN02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 174 173 176 176 177 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
100% Outstanding
Read 173
Write 176
Mixed 80.5
SusWrite 175
110% 151 MB/s
4K Read 2.5
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.9
250% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 100%
Great: 110%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
95.6% Outstanding
MC Read 35.7
MC Write 37.7
MC Mixed 28
97% 33.8 GB/s
SC Read 19.5
SC Write 42.7
SC Mixed 28.3
86% 30.2 GB/s
Latency 59.7
67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 95.6%
Great: 125%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING Builds (Compare 1,799 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 178%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 177%
UFO

Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Good Total price: $1,336
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HDDRAMUSB
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