Asus PRIME Z690-A

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	105% 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	235% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 91% 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, 22 months ago, 21 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z690-A (all builds)
Memory	55.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 4 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220119
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '22 at 07:28
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%
CPU Throttled	91%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-12900K-$330 66,991 User benchmarks, average bench 117% LGA1700, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 24 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Relative performance (0^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Memory 70.2 1-Core 97.6 2-Core 188 67% 119 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 680 65% 534 Pts	64-Core 1,882 116% 1,882 Pts
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 124%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$274 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 8818) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3850 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 516.40 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 124 Parallax 131 114% 131 fps	MRender 144 Gravity 108 Splatting 89.2 90% 114 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$164 35,257 User benchmarks, average bench 314% 344GB free (System drive) Firmware: EGFM13.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1035 949 888 879 841 848 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 1832 Write 3,359 Mixed 1,952 SusWrite 906 456% 2,012 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 196 4K Mixed 66.6 237% 98 MB/s	DQ Read 801 DQ Write 676 DQ Mixed 734 551% 737 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 472%
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 17,781 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 465GB free Firmware: 415020RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 217 214 215 213 216 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 351 Write 342 Mixed 296 SusWrite 236 69% 306 MB/s	4K Read 9.7 4K Write 35.4 4K Mixed 23 63% 22.7 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 254 213% 310 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 115%
PNY CS900 1TB SSD 7,281 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 890GB free Firmware: CS900613 SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 395 390 405 277 403 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 217 Write 112 Mixed 274 SusWrite 378 56% 245 MB/s	4K Read 8.5 4K Write 34.3 4K Mixed 15.3 51% 19.4 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 200 176% 261 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 102%
Nvme TEAM TM8FPD001T 1TB 148 User benchmarks, average bench 215% 953GB free Firmware: V9002s77 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 901 888 889 886 874 891 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	189% Outstanding	Read 1,902 Write 952 Mixed 677 SusWrite 888 244% 1,105 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 98 4K Mixed 30.9 128% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 644 DQ Mixed 391 317% 435 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 189% Great: 341%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F5-5600U3636C164x16GB 154 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM 22h clocked @ 4000 MHz Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	MC Read 54.3 MC Write 55.5 MC Mixed 53.1 155% 54.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 23.7 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 190%

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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 $242Bench 114%, 78,749 samples	2,116x
Core i9-12900KIntel $330Bench 117%, 66,991 samples	1,760x
Core i5-12600KIntel $177Bench 109%, 101,563 samples	754x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	838x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	780x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $499Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	552x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $106Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	1,001x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	607x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	320x

RAM
Vengeance LPX 5600 C36 2x16GBCorsairBench 162%, 23,486 samples	501x
Skill Intl F5-6000J3636F162x16GBGBench 172%, 21,264 samples	454x
Vengeance LPX 5200 C40 2x16GBCorsairBench 155%, 8,648 samples	388x

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Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $973

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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