Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	5.64% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	151% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200323
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '21 at 06:55
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (57^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-$279 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 way above expectations (95^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 157 2-Core 309 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 612 8-Core 1,239 109% 926 Pts	64-Core 2,102 130% 2,102 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	5.64% Terrible	Lighting 5.9 Reflection 96.6 Parallax 8.6 5% 37 fps	MRender 7.1 Gravity 6.3 Splatting 11.9 7% 8.43 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.64% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix BC501 HFM256GDJTNG-8310A 256GB 30,266 User benchmarks, average bench 123% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80002C00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 368 348 368 216 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 1,056 Write 355 Mixed 675 SusWrite 321 133% 602 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 57.2 194% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 574 DQ Write 744 DQ Mixed 624 480% 647 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 164%
WDBRPG0010BNC-WRSN 1TB 20,671 User benchmarks, average bench 285% 413GB free Firmware: 111110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1318 1318 1279 1303 1199 1222 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 1,180 Write 1,199 Mixed 1,132 SusWrite 1,273 270% 1,196 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 68.1 235% 87.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1053 DQ Write 992 DQ Mixed 1,012 763% 1,019 MB/s
Poor: 202% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 349%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GB 54,117 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 12.3 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 16.1 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 112%

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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 - $265

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,533x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,373x
Core i9-10900KIntel $415Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	906x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,024x
RTX 3080Nvidia $700Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	856x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	427x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $103Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	593x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $132Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	444x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	274x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	303x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	242x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $120Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	237x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,147

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16