Asus PRIME Z590-A

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.21% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	373% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z590-A (all builds)
Memory	56.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '21 at 07:31
Run Duration	289 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10850K-$286 84,873 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 78.8 1-Core 155 2-Core 309 96% 181 Pts	4-Core 615 8-Core 1,184 107% 899 Pts	64-Core 2,074 128% 2,074 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	6.21% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 18.7 Parallax 9.2 5% 11.3 fps	MRender 10.9 Gravity 7.8 Splatting 12.2 9% 10.3 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.21% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0 1TB 44,185 User benchmarks, average bench 430% 871GB free (System drive) Firmware: 614600WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 2288 2249 2294 2232 2294 2260 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	373% Outstanding	Read 2,550 Write 2,441 Mixed 2,219 SusWrite 2,270 534% 2,370 MB/s	4K Read 55 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 72.5 241% 83.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,434 DQ Write 1,169 DQ Mixed 1,273 961% 1,292 MB/s
Poor: 264% ↑ This bench: 373% Great: 573%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 541GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 481 483 263 184 179 171 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 484 Mixed 411 SusWrite 294 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 53.7 177% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 260 221% 323 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 126%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$130 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 487GB free Firmware: AR15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 184 181 185 164 180 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 150 151 143 155 152 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 34% Great: 90%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 256GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 28GB free, PID a838 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 65 45 64 71 66 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 118 Write 19.5 Mixed 101 SusWrite 61 93% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.3 97% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX CMK64GX4M2E3200C16 2x31.5GB 10,968 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 63GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.2% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 19.9 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 18 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 82.9 48% 82.9 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 113%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 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
0%	0%	0	8	6	30	31.5"	1280 720	SAM0F33 U32J59x

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Desktop 106%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z590-A

CPU
Core i7-11700KIntel $270Bench 101%, 65,651 samples	2,235x
Core i9-11900KIntel $265Bench 103%, 44,319 samples	973x
Core i5-11600KIntel $180Bench 99%, 43,966 samples	734x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	689x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	653x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	588x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	641x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	438x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	333x

RAM
CMH32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 94%, 38,830 samples	216x
CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 85%, 54,117 samples	209x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	208x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $651

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