Asus PRIME Z690-A

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	79.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	240% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

CPU throttled at 94% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z690-A (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 4.8 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '22 at 17:34
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%
CPU Throttled	94%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-12700K-$240 78,749 User benchmarks, average bench 114% LGA1700, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	66.2% Good	Memory 71.9 1-Core 88.7 2-Core 170 63% 110 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 655 58% 490 Pts	64-Core 1,321 82% 1,321 Pts
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 123%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$479 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% EVGA(3842 3785) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 4811 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.15 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (97 fps cap detected)	79.7% Very good	Lighting 97.8 Reflection 97.3 Parallax 96.6 80% 97.2 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 97.3 Splatting 97.4 80% 97.1 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme KINGSTON SKC2500M8500G 500GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 282% 275GB free (System drive) Firmware: S7780102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 880 750 712 725 724 740 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 2,246 Write 1,736 Mixed 1,511 SusWrite 755 348% 1,562 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 71 237% 89.5 MB/s	DQ Read 759 DQ Write 621 DQ Mixed 574 461% 651 MB/s
Poor: 171% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 380%
Mushkin MKNSSDTR512GB-3DL 512GB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 159GB free Firmware: Q0518CS SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 395 392 404 414 408 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 400 Write 390 Mixed 340 SusWrite 401 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 51.4 4K Mixed 25.1 87% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 254 206% 290 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 115%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$45 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 318GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 163 162 164 164 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 117 Mixed 58.6 SusWrite 163 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.5 435% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KF548C38-16 2x16GB 3,734 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM 22h clocked @ 4800 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	150% Outstanding	MC Read 63.7 MC Write 59 MC Mixed 58.4 172% 60.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 23.6 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 97 41% 97 ns
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 167%

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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 $240Bench 114%, 78,749 samples	2,128x
Core i9-12900KIntel $325Bench 117%, 66,991 samples	1,772x
Core i5-12600KIntel $165Bench 109%, 101,563 samples	756x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	842x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	783x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $479Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	556x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $106Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	1,005x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $170Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	610x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	322x

RAM
Vengeance LPX 5600 C36 2x16GBCorsairBench 162%, 23,486 samples	505x
Skill Intl F5-6000J3636F162x16GBGBench 172%, 21,264 samples	455x
Vengeance LPX 5200 C40 2x16GBCorsairBench 155%, 8,648 samples	389x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $1,245

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16