Asus PRIME Z590-A

Performance Results


Gaming 136% UFO	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 141% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 109%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	126% 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	312% 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z590-A (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210311
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 10 '21 at 01:57
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-11700K-$270 65,651 User benchmarks, average bench 101% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Memory 81.4 1-Core 187 2-Core 327 107% 198 Pts	4-Core 729 8-Core 1,242 120% 985 Pts	64-Core 1,835 114% 1,835 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 187 Parallax 177 139% 178 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 178 Splatting 124 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$168 138,083 User benchmarks, average bench 416% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 923 1589 2227 2293 2302 2256 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	312% Outstanding	Read 2,538 Write 2,409 Mixed 2,418 SusWrite 1,932 523% 2,324 MB/s	4K Read 66.5 4K Write 55.6 4K Mixed 62.4 210% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,038 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 329 314% 517 MB/s
Poor: 283% ↑ This bench: 312% Great: 526%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 266GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1759 1048 749 764 747 765 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 2,391 Write 1,839 Mixed 1,604 SusWrite 972 380% 1,702 MB/s	4K Read 54.6 4K Write 46.3 4K Mixed 50.3 172% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1043 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 310 301% 504 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 355%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1TB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 442 430 439 428 435 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 431 Mixed 430 SusWrite 437 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 39.4 4K Mixed 36.6 122% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 255 187% 252 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 376GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 80 74 84 88 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 53.7 Write 76.1 Mixed 63.4 SusWrite 79.3 51% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 66% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 90%

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 @ 2266 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.6% Very good	MC Read 30 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 21 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 20.2 68% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 77.9 51% 77.9 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 112%

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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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Desktop 106%

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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 $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 $179	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