Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 147% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 153% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 92.7%, 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	232% 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	11.1 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 15 '22 at 15:31
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (51^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 below expectations (25^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 88.3 1-Core 149 2-Core 272 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 1,015 91% 768 Pts	64-Core 1535 95% 1535 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 92.7% 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) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.77 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	161% Outstanding	Lighting 237 Reflection 212 Parallax 206 194% 219 fps	MRender 250 Gravity 158 Splatting 129 141% 179 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% 448GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 677 1502 1600 293 481 250 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 1,554 Write 2178 Mixed 1,715 SusWrite 800 353% 1,562 MB/s	4K Read 54 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 74.1 247% 86.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,139 DQ Write 838 DQ Mixed 978 734% 985 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 365%
SSD 480GB 16,522 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 137GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 374 366 261 112 259 MB/s Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	79.5% Very good	Read 243 Write 108 Mixed 194 SusWrite 264 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 72.5 4K Mixed 36.6 137% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 200 169% 243 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 98%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 822GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 182 183 183 185 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 166 Mixed 106 SusWrite 179 117% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% 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 expectations (40^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 23 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 34.4 SC Mixed 25 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 98%

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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	2,491x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,360x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	890x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,011x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	848x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	423x

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 $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	299x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	237x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	233x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,124

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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