Asus PRIME Z690-A

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 110% UFO	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 119%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	5.82% 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	553% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

CPU throttled at 92% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z690-A (all builds)
Memory	56.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 4.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20211125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '21 at 21:01
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%
CPU Throttled	92%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-12900K-$327 66,991 User benchmarks, average bench 117% LGA1700, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 24 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Memory 81.6 1-Core 222 2-Core 435 127% 246 Pts	4-Core 833 8-Core 1,674 148% 1,253 Pts	64-Core 2,995 185% 2,995 Pts
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 770 19,750 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: <> Ver. 30.0.101.1002 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	5.82% Terrible	Lighting 10.3 Reflection 15.6 Parallax 11.9 8% 12.6 fps	MRender 1 Gravity 1 Splatting 1 1% 1 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.82% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 9,880 User benchmarks, average bench 307% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 4039 4088 3138 3019 2972 2964 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	553% Outstanding	Read 4,568 Write 4,289 Mixed 2978 SusWrite 3,370 854% 3,801 MB/s	4K Read 71.4 4K Write 210 4K Mixed 105 354% 129 MB/s	DQ Read 1,301 DQ Write 1,164 DQ Mixed 1,322 967% 1,262 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 553% Great: 541%
Generic Flash Disk 1GB 2,763 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.6 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.9 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	3.17% Terrible	Read 9 Write 2.2 Mixed 3.2 SusWrite 3.8 5% 4.55 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 16% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.17% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT32G48C40U5.M16A1 2x31.5GB 880 User benchmarks, average bench 155% 2 of 4 slots used 63GB DIMM 22h clocked @ 4800 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	MC Read 67.4 MC Write 66.4 MC Mixed 65.1 189% 66.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 54.1 SC Mixed 34.2 107% 37.3 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 129% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 168%

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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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Desktop 115%

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Workstation 230%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z690-A

CPU
Core i7-12700KIntel $228Bench 114%, 78,749 samples	2,111x
Core i9-12900KIntel $327Bench 117%, 66,991 samples	1,760x
Core i5-12600KIntel $182Bench 109%, 101,563 samples	754x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	837x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $630Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	780x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $600Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	552x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	1,001x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	606x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	319x

RAM
Vengeance LPX 5600 C36 2x16GBCorsairBench 162%, 23,486 samples	500x
Skill Intl F5-6000J3636F162x16GBGBench 172%, 21,264 samples	454x
Vengeance LPX 5200 C40 2x16GBCorsairBench 155%, 8,648 samples	387x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $1,236

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 $182	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) $30	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