Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	81.6% 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	263% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	43.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	8.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '21 at 14:34
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700K-$236 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 154 2-Core 309 101% 185 Pts	4-Core 583 8-Core 1,004 96% 794 Pts	64-Core 1,632 101% 1,632 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1266) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 99.6 Parallax 88.5 86% 98 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 94.3 Splatting 78.2 72% 90 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 421GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1743 1693 1743 1559 1511 1610 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 1,987 Write 1,882 Mixed 1,702 SusWrite 1,643 406% 1,804 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 67.9 4K Mixed 53.9 174% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,157 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 322 319% 541 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 347%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 618GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 156 158 156 153 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 127 Mixed 107 SusWrite 155 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 176GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 119 121 119 116 115 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 180 Write 143 Mixed 86.4 SusWrite 118 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 109%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 815GB free Firmware: SD3A SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 70 72 70 69 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 71.2 Write 37.6 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 69.7 42% 56.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 66%
SMI USB DISK 4GB 1,509 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.4 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.6 5 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	6.14% Terrible	Read 17.5 Write 4.7 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 5.5 9% 8.05 MB/s	4K Read 10.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 38% 3.4 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.14% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C14-32GVK 2x31.5GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 2 of 4 slots used 63GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	93.8% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 28.6 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 27.7 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 171%

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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	2,491x
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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	587x
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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,124

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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