Asus PRIME Z590-A

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 118%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	7.15% 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	305% 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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z590-A (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210311
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '21 at 20:35
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-11900K-$258 44,319 User benchmarks, average bench 103% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Memory 91.5 1-Core 204 2-Core 383 120% 226 Pts	4-Core 775 8-Core 1,350 128% 1,062 Pts	64-Core 1,963 122% 1,963 Pts
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 750 15,464 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9127 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	7.15% Terrible	Lighting 8.5 Reflection 12.4 Parallax 9.4 7% 10.1 fps	MRender 11.2 Gravity 9.3 Splatting 7.9 8% 9.47 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.15% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$100 46,203 User benchmarks, average bench 317% 781GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT401.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1426 922 910 901 896 893 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	305% Outstanding	Read 2,251 Write 3,740 Mixed 2,200 SusWrite 991 519% 2,296 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 234 4K Mixed 89.8 314% 124 MB/s	DQ Read 1,419 DQ Write 1,143 DQ Mixed 1,273 955% 1,278 MB/s
Poor: 189% ↑ This bench: 305% Great: 486%
Intel X25-M 120GB 1,606 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 13GB free Firmware: 2CV102M3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 110 107 106 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 237 Write 111 Mixed 135 SusWrite 107 33% 148 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 55.2 4K Mixed 10.3 75% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 89.5 DQ Mixed 65.4 65% 105 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 46%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 112 112 114 114 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 117 Write 117 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 112 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 67%
USB DISK 3.0 64GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 58GB free, PID 6410 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 29 18 16 21 16 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	24% Poor	Read 90.6 Write 54.2 Mixed 14.9 SusWrite 25.7 53% 46.3 MB/s	4K Read 9.1 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.3 112% 3.8 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMH32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GB 38,830 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 43.9 MC Write 43.4 MC Mixed 33.9 115% 40.4 GB/s	SC Read 29 SC Write 46.5 SC Mixed 35.8 106% 37.1 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%

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

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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 $221Bench 101%, 65,651 samples	2,241x
Core i9-11900KIntel $258Bench 103%, 44,319 samples	974x
Core i5-11600KIntel $180Bench 99%, 43,966 samples	735x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	693x
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	642x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	438x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	336x

RAM
CMH32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 94%, 38,830 samples	217x
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: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $583

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) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16