Asus PRIME Z590-A

Performance Results


Gaming 149% UFO	Desktop 110% UFO	Workstation 164% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	138% 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	289% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z590-A (all builds)
Memory	22.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210708
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '21 at 01:44
Run Duration	416 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 163 2-Core 324 106% 195 Pts	4-Core 641 8-Core 1,279 113% 960 Pts	64-Core 2,169 134% 2,169 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2977 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 193 Reflection 203 Parallax 217 157% 204 fps	MRender 145 Gravity 198 Splatting 134 128% 159 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 643GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1435 1182 1186 1179 1198 1172 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	289% Outstanding	Read 2,347 Write 2,138 Mixed 1,417 SusWrite 1,226 399% 1,782 MB/s	4K Read 55 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 67.7 227% 76.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,327 DQ Write 912 DQ Mixed 1,095 824% 1,111 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 289% Great: 372%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 458GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 9,180 Write 9051 Mixed 8,747 2,010% 8,993 MB/s	4K Read 772 4K Write 476 4K Mixed 290 1,793% 513 MB/s	DQ Read 1,715 DQ Write 1248 DQ Mixed 1,379 1,058% 1,447 MB/s
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 542GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2156 2161 1155 1158 1168 1164 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	321% Outstanding	Read 2,352 Write 2,155 Mixed 1,392 SusWrite 1,494 414% 1,848 MB/s	4K Read 59.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 76.4 251% 85 MB/s	DQ Read 1,453 DQ Write 1,160 DQ Mixed 1,255 954% 1,290 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 321% Great: 372%
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 247GB free Firmware: Z32070RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 102 138 130 125 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 373 Write 381 Mixed 330 SusWrite 143 69% 307 MB/s	4K Read 14.3 4K Write 74 4K Mixed 15.2 80% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 29.2 81% 168 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x16GB 101,975 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 24.3 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 40.6 SC Mixed 28.8 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 122%

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

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Gaming 105%

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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	2,237x
Core i9-11900KIntel $265Bench 103%, 44,319 samples	973x
Core i5-11600KIntel $180Bench 99%, 43,966 samples	735x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	690x
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 $102Bench 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 $274	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 $45	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