Asus PRIME Z590-A

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	72% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	168% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z590-A (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210708
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '21 at 04:57
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700KF-$200 37,394 User benchmarks, average bench 96% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 139 2-Core 272 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 879 85% 701 Pts	64-Core 1,429 88% 1,429 Pts
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$288 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 873F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72% Very good	Lighting 83.2 Reflection 114 Parallax 99.5 68% 98.8 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 89.1 Splatting 85.8 80% 100 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme CT500P 500GB 3,338 User benchmarks, average bench 170% 357GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 642 695 691 802 532 126 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 1,242 Write 794 Mixed 765 SusWrite 581 188% 846 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 54.7 185% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 784 DQ Mixed 179 247% 436 MB/s
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 243%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$55 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 432GB free Firmware: AX1E1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 75 74 89 93 93 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 86.5 Write 89.1 Mixed 31 SusWrite 84.9 53% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 150 152 181 184 187 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 143 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 171 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 72% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GIGA-BYTE Co Ltd AR36C18S8K2HU416R 2x8GB 152 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	85.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 26.1 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 22.3 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 56.7 71% 56.7 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 126%

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

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z590-A

CPU
Core i7-11700KIntel $227Bench 101%, 65,651 samples	2,251x
Core i9-11900KIntel $254Bench 103%, 44,319 samples	981x
Core i5-11600KIntel $180Bench 99%, 43,966 samples	737x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	697x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	653x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	591x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	644x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $75Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	444x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	336x

RAM
CMH32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 94%, 38,830 samples	218x
CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 85%, 54,117 samples	209x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	209x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $617

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16