Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (10th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 90 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.8% 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	66.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (58%). 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 Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210713
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '21 at 20:23
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	58%

PC Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-11700K-$249 65,651 User benchmarks, average bench 101% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 77.1 1-Core 166 2-Core 299 97% 181 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 772 71% 595 Pts	64-Core 1,374 85% 1,374 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 110%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$270 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 87F5) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.8% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 33.8 Parallax 59.1 105% 73.9 fps	MRender 91.1 Gravity 81.5 Splatting 91.2 72% 87.9 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 SE NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 17,877 User benchmarks, average bench 247% 738GB free (System drive) Firmware: 711130WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 326 307 354 333 341 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 790 Write 1,140 Mixed 870 SusWrite 353 178% 788 MB/s	4K Read 12.8 4K Write 16.5 4K Mixed 9.8 41% 13 MB/s	DQ Read 21.7 DQ Write 18 DQ Mixed 19 14% 19.6 MB/s
Poor: 143% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 333%
USB DISK 2.0 16GB 842 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 10GB free, PID 0121 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.3 2.4 2.7 3.2 2.6 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	3.26% Terrible	Read 14.5 Write 3.2 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 2.5 6% 6.1 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 10% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.26% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$63 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	56.9% Above average	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 18.6 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 1.4 SC Write 3.5 SC Mixed 3.1 8% 2.67 GB/s	Latency 86.1 46% 86.1 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	2,491x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,360x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	890x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,011x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	848x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	423x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	587x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	439x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	272x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	299x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	237x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	233x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,105

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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