Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 154% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 166% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	147% 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	221% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	26.5 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	Jan 16 '22 at 19:30
Run Duration	380 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900K-$449 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 156 2-Core 310 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 613 8-Core 1,139 105% 876 Pts	64-Core 2,066 128% 2,066 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Asus(1043 87BC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	147% Outstanding	Lighting 215 Reflection 196 Parallax 193 175% 201 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 151 Splatting 135 126% 156 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB 7,232 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 694 502 493 484 466 470 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 1,480 Write 1,256 Mixed 1,289 SusWrite 518 254% 1,136 MB/s	4K Read 68.3 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 88.3 284% 94.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,206 DQ Write 651 DQ Mixed 626 546% 828 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 389%
Kingston SA400S37960G 960GB 56,609 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 67GB free Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 33 135 94 100 253 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 333 Write 104 Mixed 104 SusWrite 168 39% 177 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 41.2 4K Mixed 27 90% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 64.9 DQ Write 98.2 DQ Mixed 149 94% 104 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 102%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 406GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 466 467 477 477 462 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 457 Mixed 414 SusWrite 461 103% 455 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 57.7 192% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 350 264% 352 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 728GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2340 2191 1483 1471 1489 1493 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	340% Outstanding	Read 2,520 Write 2,249 Mixed 1,814 SusWrite 1,744 467% 2,082 MB/s	4K Read 62.4 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 86.2 281% 97.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,296 DQ Write 711 DQ Mixed 986 738% 998 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 340% Great: 410%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C18 4x8GB 7,065 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 40.3 MC Write 42.6 MC Mixed 30.7 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 48.9 SC Mixed 29.8 95% 33.3 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 131%

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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 $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	233x

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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 $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