Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 174% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 188% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	188% 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	281% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	15.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '22 at 19:54
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10850K-$286 84,873 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 83.6 1-Core 149 2-Core 290 94% 174 Pts	4-Core 567 8-Core 1,032 96% 800 Pts	64-Core 1,913 118% 1,913 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 105%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel UHD Graphics 630 39,219 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	5.03% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 10.4 Parallax 9.1 5% 8.53 fps	MRender 11.3 Gravity 10.1 Splatting 0.2 5% 7.2 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.03% Great: 6%
Nvidia RTX 3080-$910 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% Gigabyte(1458 403F) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	188% Outstanding	Lighting 271 Reflection 329 Parallax 279 221% 293 fps	MRender 319 Gravity 231 Splatting 170 188% 240 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 202%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 249GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1191 1062 984 947 924 920 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	281% Outstanding	Read 2,505 Write 2,291 Mixed 1797 SusWrite 1,005 425% 1,899 MB/s	4K Read 61 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 78 261% 89.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,117 DQ Write 614 DQ Mixed 852 637% 861 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 281% Great: 410%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 578GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 18 19 20 19 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	12.1% Very poor	Read 20.9 Write 23 Mixed 71.6 SusWrite 19.4 26% 33.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.3 224% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3600C18 4x8GB 3,931 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	66.7% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 20.4 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 19.7 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.7% 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 - $330

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,496x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,360x
Core i9-10900KIntel $442Bench 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 $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	424x

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	440x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	272x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,117

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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