Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76% 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	96.7% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200323
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '21 at 19:17
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	53%

Watch Gameplay: Vega-56 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10600K-$144 70,951 User benchmarks, average bench 92% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 148 2-Core 291 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 826 84% 677 Pts	64-Core 878 54% 878 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% MSI(1462 3681) CLim: 1622 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.8.1 Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76% Very good	Lighting 96 Reflection 104 Parallax 159 78% 120 fps	MRender 87.6 Gravity 104 Splatting 75.2 72% 88.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 791GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 471 475 455 473 477 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Read 392 Write 372 Mixed 351 SusWrite 470 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 56 4K Mixed 39.1 116% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 348 262% 351 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 133%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 198GB free Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1255 840 844 847 846 845 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	271% Outstanding	Read 2,019 Write 2149 Mixed 1,640 SusWrite 913 377% 1,680 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 73.7 260% 98 MB/s	DQ Read 1,395 DQ Write 1,039 DQ Mixed 1,147 877% 1,194 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 271% Great: 297%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 4x8GB 11,968 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2000 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 26.5 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 38.3 SC Mixed 26.9 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 105%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 57: 9R 4G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
57%	33%	39	328	275	60	27.9"	2560 1440	ACR0747 VG280K

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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	2,504x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,362x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	895x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,012x
RTX 3080Nvidia $600Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	849x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	424x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $67Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	589x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	440x
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	239x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	235x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,089

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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