Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 99.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97.3% 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	112% 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	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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '21 at 00:26
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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-$220 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Memory 87.7 1-Core 155 2-Core 305 99% 182 Pts	4-Core 597 8-Core 1,091 101% 844 Pts	64-Core 1,640 102% 1,640 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$250 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 87F5) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.3% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 113 Parallax 118 103% 119 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 100 Splatting 86.9 86% 108 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 128GB 3,975 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 119GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 171 85 85 85 84 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 499 Write 379 Mixed 355 SusWrite 139 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 78.2 4K Mixed 35.3 142% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 198 177% 265 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 85%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 652GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 484 483 484 481 479 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 486 Mixed 465 SusWrite 462 108% 481 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 54 178% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 352 265% 354 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 299GB free (System drive) Firmware: 411030WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 438 465 466 461 465 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 448 Mixed 397 SusWrite 441 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 88.4 4K Mixed 46.1 160% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 253 214% 314 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2D3600C16 2x8GB 2,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.3% Good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 19.5 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 20.5 60% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 125%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 39: 4R 4G 7B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
39%	16%	94	328	254	165	27"	1920 1080	AUS2787 VG27VQ

History: Score 41: 3R 6G 8B | Score 39: 4R 4G 7B

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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 $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,507x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,362x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	896x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,012x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	850x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	426x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	589x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	441x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	273x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	300x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	241x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	235x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,202

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16