Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 124% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 139% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	128% 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	120% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	58.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	8.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '21 at 08:39
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900K-$440 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 82.1 1-Core 161 2-Core 320 100% 188 Pts	4-Core 599 8-Core 1,254 108% 927 Pts	64-Core 2,004 124% 2,004 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan Xp 8,552 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Nvidia(10DE 11DF) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 184 Parallax 182 143% 180 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 187 Splatting 123 118% 146 fps
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 140%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 697GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 483 483 484 484 483 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 464 Mixed 415 SusWrite 481 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 90.3 4K Mixed 53.9 177% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 351 264% 353 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 98GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 740 406 386 378 367 356 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 2,002 Write 1,653 Mixed 625 SusWrite 439 261% 1,180 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 58.7 215% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1092 DQ Write 1,032 DQ Mixed 913 726% 1,012 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 254%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$81 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 762GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1145 1142 1111 1097 1093 1100 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 1,318 Write 1,131 Mixed 1,101 SusWrite 1,115 262% 1,166 MB/s	4K Read 62.1 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 84.2 275% 95 MB/s	DQ Read 1330 DQ Write 1,120 DQ Mixed 1,208 910% 1,219 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 410%
WD Game Drive 8TB 1,072 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4TB free, PID 2631 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 207 201 200 201 204 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 193 Mixed 116 SusWrite 202 236% 174 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 9.7 4K Mixed 1.5 392% 4.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1 DQ Write 4.8 DQ Mixed 1.7 225% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 120%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3600C18-32GVK 2x31.5GB 3,543 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 2 of 4 slots used 63GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.9% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 21.9 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 22.2 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 76.7 52% 76.7 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 138%

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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 $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,510x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,363x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	900x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,012x
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	850x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	426x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $81Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	591x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	441x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	273x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	302x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	241x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	236x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $1,178

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16