Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	57.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	208% 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

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210415
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 02 '21 at 19:33
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10600K-$144 70,951 User benchmarks, average bench 92% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 80 1-Core 85.7 2-Core 165 65% 110 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 851 71% 615 Pts	64-Core 1196 74% 1196 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1667) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.27 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	57.7% Above average	Lighting 67.6 Reflection 99.2 Parallax 59.4 55% 75.4 fps	MRender 86 Gravity 74.8 Splatting 72 63% 77.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P5 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$69 17,082 User benchmarks, average bench 256% 88GB free Firmware: P4CR311 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 991 872 475 463 469 465 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 1,213 Write 1,077 Mixed 1,018 SusWrite 622 220% 983 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 27.9 4K Mixed 27.8 94% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,288 DQ Write 1,067 DQ Mixed 1,164 876% 1173 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 332%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 352GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1621 986 599 611 589 610 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 1,850 Write 1,623 Mixed 1,281 SusWrite 836 313% 1,397 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 44.4 4K Mixed 38.3 115% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,205 DQ Write 926 DQ Mixed 1,073 800% 1,068 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 340%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 418GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 91 90 91 89 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 91.1 Write 87.2 Mixed 66.6 SusWrite 88.8 62% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 196 193 195 194 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 156 Mixed 80 SusWrite 194 114% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	MC Read 39.7 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 26.8 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 19.8 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 110%

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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	2,495x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,360x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	891x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,011x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	848x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	424x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 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 $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	299x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	237x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	234x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,114

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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