Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 194% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 216% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	210% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	671% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 21 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	57 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200323
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '22 at 23:15
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10850K-$279 84,873 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 84 1-Core 115 2-Core 306 89% 168 Pts	4-Core 568 8-Core 1,081 98% 824 Pts	64-Core 2,034 126% 2,034 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-Ti-$660 155,335 User benchmarks, average bench 204% MSI(1462 3896) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	210% Outstanding	Lighting 308 Reflection 293 Parallax 326 251% 309 fps	MRender 354 Gravity 255 Splatting 188 208% 265 fps
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 225%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black SN850 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$115 14,499 User benchmarks, average bench 395% 509GB free (System drive) Firmware: 611100WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 60 60 65 66 66 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	671% Outstanding	Read 7,349 Write 62.4 Mixed 123 SusWrite 63.1 395% 1,899 MB/s	4K Read 924 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 7.3 1,412% 312 MB/s
Poor: 228% ↑ This bench: 671% Great: 595%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 178 175 177 178 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 143 Mixed 78.9 SusWrite 178 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 CMW32GX4M2Z3600C18 CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 CMW32GX4M2Z3600C18 64GB 151 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 2133, 2667, 2133, 2667 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 21.3 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 22.5 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 127%

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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 - $265

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,527x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,367x
Core i9-10900KIntel $410Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	901x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,016x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	855x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	426x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $91Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	591x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	444x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 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 $115Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	237x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $1,135

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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