Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.4% 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	142% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '22 at 10:24
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-11500-$154 2,701 User benchmarks, average bench 96% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 73.9 1-Core 144 2-Core 287 90% 168 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 853 84% 687 Pts	64-Core 1,074 66% 1,074 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$270 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% EVGA(3842 3656) ≥ 4GB; evga CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 516.40 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.4% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 97.2 Parallax 103 92% 104 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 86.4 Splatting 70 72% 91.4 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 106%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme CT1000P 1TB 6,019 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 113 111 40 81 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 1455 Write 134 Mixed 230 SusWrite 96.7 102% 479 MB/s	4K Read 56.6 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 57.4 195% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 680 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 148 171% 311 MB/s
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 299%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$63 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	82.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 35.6 MC Mixed 24.8 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 19.8 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 92.7 43% 92.7 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 110%

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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	2,493x
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 $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	234x

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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