Asus PRIME Z590-A

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	292% 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	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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z590-A (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210311
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '22 at 20:16
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700KF-$200 37,394 User benchmarks, average bench 96% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 79.2 1-Core 151 2-Core 278 92% 170 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 1,026 93% 779 Pts	64-Core 1,539 95% 1,539 Pts
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3967) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Lighting 47.1 Reflection 49.1 Parallax 43.4 38% 46.5 fps	MRender 36.8 Gravity 43.5 Splatting 38.1 32% 39.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 431GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2292 797 799 800 801 801 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	292% Outstanding	Read 2,558 Write 2,413 Mixed 1,754 SusWrite 1,048 435% 1,943 MB/s	4K Read 56 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 73.7 239% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,277 DQ Write 1,008 DQ Mixed 1,135 851% 1,140 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 292% Great: 355%
Staples Relay UFD 2GB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 1GB free, PID 5202 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.4 7.7 8 7.8 8.1 7.7 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Read 21.2 Write 7.8 Mixed 7 SusWrite 7.8 13% 10.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 90% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 22,760 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.1 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 31.4 SC Mixed 23.9 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 82.1 49% 82.1 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 81%

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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 106%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z590-A

CPU
Core i7-11700KIntel $230Bench 101%, 65,651 samples	2,249x
Core i9-11900KIntel $258Bench 103%, 44,319 samples	976x
Core i5-11600KIntel $180Bench 99%, 43,966 samples	737x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	696x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	653x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	588x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $106Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	644x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	443x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	336x

RAM
CMH32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 94%, 38,830 samples	217x
CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 85%, 54,117 samples	209x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	209x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $619

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16