Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 120% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	103% 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	219% 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	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	23.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '22 at 05:20
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900K-$449 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 163 2-Core 319 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 634 8-Core 1,154 107% 894 Pts	64-Core 2,008 124% 2,008 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 525.14 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 146 Parallax 133 106% 137 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 132 Splatting 118 100% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0 1TB 44,185 User benchmarks, average bench 430% 850GB free (System drive) Firmware: 613200WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1069 1050 1050 1008 916 1044 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 1,180 Write 1,019 Mixed 1,335 SusWrite 1023 257% 1139 MB/s	4K Read 63.1 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 33.7 209% 76.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,385 DQ Write 825 DQ Mixed 1,174 856% 1,128 MB/s
Poor: 264% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 573%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 619GB free Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 190 194 203 227 196 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 437 Mixed 407 SusWrite 200 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 79.9 4K Mixed 45.2 149% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 287 233% 332 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 125%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 147 147 146 146 147 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 121 Write 135 Mixed 79.4 SusWrite 146 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 98%
External M.2 NVME 256GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 165GB free, PID 9210 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 41.2 Write 41.8 Mixed 40 SusWrite 41.8 56% 41.2 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 19.2 4K Mixed 17 1,289% 17.3 MB/s	DQ Read 16.9 DQ Write 23 DQ Mixed 19.1 1,495% 19.7 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Mushkin MR[A/B]4U360JNNM16G 2x16GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 24.9 92% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 46.5 SC Mixed 31 93% 32.6 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 110%

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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 $274	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 $184	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