Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
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	59.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210415
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '21 at 10:49
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10850K-$286 84,873 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 168 2-Core 329 108% 198 Pts	4-Core 627 8-Core 1,234 110% 930 Pts	64-Core 2,206 136% 2,206 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 366A) CLim: 1619 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Lighting 72.3 Reflection 79.2 Parallax 69.8 59% 73.8 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 72.4 Splatting 61.9 55% 68.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 54%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$107 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 540GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 80 78 80 79 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 436 Write 85.3 Mixed 126 SusWrite 79.8 40% 182 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 23.3 104% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 91.9 DQ Mixed 107 87% 126 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 25.2 94% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 43.8 SC Mixed 30.4 91% 31.7 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 110%

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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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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	2,495x
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 $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 $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