Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 143% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 144% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	137% 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	159% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '21 at 23:24
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	LCA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700K-$236 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 148 2-Core 303 99% 182 Pts	4-Core 606 8-Core 1,070 101% 838 Pts	64-Core 1,632 101% 1,632 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Gigabyte(1458 3FE9) CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 4175 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 188 Parallax 191 150% 188 fps	MRender 214 Gravity 165 Splatting 137 137% 172 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PNY CS1030 250GB SSD 3 User benchmarks, average bench 169% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS103B05 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 211 211 210 210 212 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	159% Outstanding	Read 1,130 Write 1,141 Mixed 1,064 SusWrite 223 199% 890 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 60.8 212% 77.2 MB/s	DQ Read 663 DQ Write 910 DQ Mixed 726 565% 766 MB/s
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 181%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 6,967 User benchmarks, average bench 225% 864GB free Firmware: CXY7501Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1374 1177 1174 1172 1171 1169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	278% Outstanding	Read 1,977 Write 1,526 Mixed 1,021 SusWrite 1,206 320% 1,433 MB/s	4K Read 57.8 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 75.6 254% 88.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,120 DQ Write 978 DQ Mixed 1,046 785% 1,048 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 278% Great: 294%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 97 98 99 99 99 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 151 Write 141 Mixed 79 SusWrite 97.9 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: HPH4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 184 183 185 185 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 151 Mixed 79.8 SusWrite 183 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
PNY 8GBF1X08QFHH38-135-K 4x8GB 548 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 29.1 99% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 43.1 SC Mixed 29.8 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 59.3 67% 59.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 108%

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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 $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