Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 147% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 167% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	150% 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	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201007
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '21 at 20:44
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900KF-$260 21,040 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 92.2 1-Core 163 2-Core 313 103% 189 Pts	4-Core 595 8-Core 1,258 108% 926 Pts	64-Core 2,153 133% 2,153 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Asus(1043 87C1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	150% Outstanding	Lighting 221 Reflection 205 Parallax 218 180% 215 fps	MRender 197 Gravity 151 Splatting 133 128% 160 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKJ4.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 463 470 472 473 469 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 394 Write 399 Mixed 382 SusWrite 469 93% 411 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 39.5 144% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 193 172% 255 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 100%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 559GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 80 80 80 81 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 96.4 Write 89 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 79.9 59% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2666 C16 1x16GB 14,529 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	49.8% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 14.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 17.2 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 53%

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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 $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,489x
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 $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	586x
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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,105

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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