Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	89% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200721
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '22 at 08:34
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-10100F-$70 39,812 User benchmarks, average bench 80% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 125 2-Core 247 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 664 67% 544 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$270 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 397B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3850 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 133 Parallax 132 120% 138 fps	MRender 147 Gravity 102 Splatting 101 94% 117 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SHGS31-500GS-2 500GB 9,480 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 90000Q00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 374 242 190 124 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 495 Write 415 Mixed 414 SusWrite 247 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 35.5 124% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 349 262% 351 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 109%
SHGS31-250GS-2 250GB 585 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 24GB free Firmware: 90000Q00 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 492 Write 450 Mixed 403 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 39.4 135% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 264 204% 274 MB/s
Poor: 58% Great: 94%
WD Elements 2621 2TB 11,378 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 318GB free, PID 2621 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 66 66 66 67 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 76.7 Write 81.3 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 67.6 97% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.3 154% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
V-Color TL48G32S8KGRGB16 2x8GB 205 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 26.2 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 28.2 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 111%

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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	2,493x
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 $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	423x

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 $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	234x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,124

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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