Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 155% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 157% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	161% 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	206% 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

23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 21 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 11 '22 at 18:02
Run Duration	283 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700K-$236 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 86.7 1-Core 152 2-Core 289 96% 176 Pts	4-Core 582 8-Core 1,032 97% 807 Pts	64-Core 1,549 96% 1,549 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$600 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% Asus(1043 8813); TUF-RTX3070TI-O8G-GAMING CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.59 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	161% Outstanding	Lighting 239 Reflection 214 Parallax 227 195% 227 fps	MRender 248 Gravity 157 Splatting 128 140% 178 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$94 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 517GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 657 1491 158 150 172 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 1,557 Write 2,112 Mixed 1,703 SusWrite 457 328% 1,457 MB/s	4K Read 51.5 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 72 236% 82.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,118 DQ Write 801 DQ Mixed 959 716% 959 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 365%
SSD 480GB 16,522 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 137GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 438 262 110 110 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 446 Write 404 Mixed 335 SusWrite 242 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 76.9 4K Mixed 37.2 142% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 208 180% 265 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 98%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 822GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 184 182 185 184 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 165 Mixed 121 SusWrite 177 123% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB-$90 9,857 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.8% Very good	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 23.1 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 24.3 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 98%

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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	2,495x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,360x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 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 $255Bench 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	439x
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 $15	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