Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 127% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	124% 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	232% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). 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	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '21 at 21:36
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700K-$236 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 149 2-Core 296 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 579 8-Core 1,021 96% 800 Pts	64-Core 1,558 96% 1,558 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 497.09 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 188 Parallax 175 136% 177 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 174 Splatting 124 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 835 1136 1148 1126 1080 1095 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 1,179 Write 1,016 Mixed 986 SusWrite 1,070 239% 1,063 MB/s	4K Read 52.6 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 71.8 237% 82.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,182 DQ Write 885 DQ Mixed 1010 761% 1,026 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 435%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 409GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 440 443 445 449 450 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 449 Mixed 374 SusWrite 427 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 47.6 160% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 332 256% 350 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 181 181 182 182 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 154 Mixed 90.6 SusWrite 181 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2000 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 23.8 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 41.1 SC Mixed 27.8 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 105%

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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	2,495x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,360x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	891x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,011x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	848x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	424x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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 $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	299x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	237x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	234x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,117

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