Asus PRIME Z590-A

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	80.3% 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	300% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). 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	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 15 '21 at 17:38
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$250 65,651 User benchmarks, average bench 101% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 89.4 1-Core 170 2-Core 304 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 656 8-Core 1,074 106% 865 Pts	64-Core 1,762 109% 1,762 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FC4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 99.6 Parallax 91.3 84% 98.1 fps	MRender 98.5 Gravity 93.5 Splatting 78.4 73% 90.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 835 613 587 584 561 550 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	300% Outstanding	Read 2,487 Write 2,299 Mixed 1,556 SusWrite 622 388% 1,741 MB/s	4K Read 63 4K Write 180 4K Mixed 91.4 308% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 1,640 DQ Write 1,352 DQ Mixed 774 777% 1,255 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 300% Great: 340%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 124GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 260 295 298 297 294 MB/s Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	72% Very good	Read 227 Write 228 Mixed 260 SusWrite 283 56% 250 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 72.2 4K Mixed 30.1 110% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 133 136% 219 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 102%
SanDisk Ultra 64GB 5,745 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 27GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 45 41 31 31 30 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Read 148 Write 44.3 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 36.7 80% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 2.7 187% 3.73 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GB 92,358 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	86.6% Excellent	MC Read 41.2 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 22.9 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 25.1 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 26.9 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 114%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z590-A

CPU
Core i7-11700KIntel $250Bench 101%, 65,651 samples	2,232x
Core i9-11900KIntel $265Bench 103%, 44,319 samples	972x
Core i5-11600KIntel $180Bench 99%, 43,966 samples	734x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	689x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	652x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $630Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	588x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	640x
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	215x
CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 85%, 54,117 samples	209x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	208x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $618

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) $30	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