Asus PRIME Z590-A

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 99.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.7% 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	329% 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	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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z590-A (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '21 at 04:14
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10850K-$286 84,873 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Memory 83.2 1-Core 159 2-Core 311 99% 184 Pts	4-Core 620 8-Core 1,143 106% 881 Pts	64-Core 2,111 131% 2,111 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.7% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 116 Parallax 103 82% 106 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 100 Splatting 90 79% 96.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Samsung SSD 980 PRO 500GB 785 User benchmarks, average bench 362% 430GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2347 2350 2344 2357 879 760 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	329% Outstanding	Read 2,538 Write 2,336 Mixed 2,238 SusWrite 1,839 503% 2,238 MB/s	4K Read 54.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 72.6 232% 77.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,045 DQ Write 868 DQ Mixed 981 728% 965 MB/s
Poor: 224% ↑ This bench: 329% Great: 464%
SanDisk Cruzer 4GB 3,128 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 1GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.9 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.8 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Read 22.9 Write 11.7 Mixed 10.2 SusWrite 3.9 14% 12.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.2 93% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3600 2x8GB 5,389 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.5% Very good	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 21.4 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 33.6 SC Mixed 24.3 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 123%

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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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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z590-A

CPU
Core i7-11700KIntel $270Bench 101%, 65,651 samples	2,235x
Core i9-11900KIntel $265Bench 103%, 44,319 samples	973x
Core i5-11600KIntel $180Bench 99%, 43,966 samples	734x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	689x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	653x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	588x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	641x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	438x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	333x

RAM
CMH32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 94%, 38,830 samples	216x
CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 85%, 54,117 samples	209x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	208x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $621

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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