Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	113% 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	34.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (26%). 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	20.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '21 at 01:03
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10600K-$125 70,951 User benchmarks, average bench 92% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.1 1-Core 152 2-Core 273 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 826 81% 663 Pts	64-Core 1,182 73% 1,182 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Nvidia(10DE 147A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	113% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 183 Parallax 124 117% 150 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 136 Splatting 118 114% 142 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
512gb QLC SATA SSD 512GB 2,433 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 217GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0918A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 7.3 11 14 14 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 464 Write 381 Mixed 19.4 SusWrite 72.7 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 11.8 4K Mixed 0.4 33% 9.8 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 15.9 DQ Mixed 0.4 16% 42.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 96%
WDC WDS100T2B0B-00YS70 1TB 39,874 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 182GB free Firmware: 401020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 431 447 456 437 368 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 445 Mixed 370 SusWrite 423 96% 424 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 75.7 4K Mixed 41.1 139% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 250 214% 315 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 115%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2D3600C18 CMW16GX4M2D3600C18 CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 32GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3600, 3600, 3600, 3600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 40 MC Write 43.6 MC Mixed 32.2 110% 38.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 39.3 SC Mixed 29.1 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%

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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 - $265

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,533x
Core i9-10850KIntel $249Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,373x
Core i9-10900KIntel $430Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	906x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,024x
RTX 3080Nvidia $700Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	856x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	427x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	593x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $138Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	444x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	274x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	303x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	242x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $120Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	237x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $1,134

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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