Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 133% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 146% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 98.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% 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	62.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

21 months ago, 9 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '22 at 14:01
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10850K-$279 84,873 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Memory 88.9 1-Core 153 2-Core 305 99% 182 Pts	4-Core 583 8-Core 1,138 102% 861 Pts	64-Core 2,033 126% 2,033 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Asus(1043 87C6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 177 Parallax 171 153% 179 fps	MRender 194 Gravity 142 Splatting 122 121% 152 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 1TB 9,059 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 263GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 201 188 116 190 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 480 Write 372 Mixed 366 SusWrite 175 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 29.6 4K Mixed 3.2 74% 22.8 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 208 177% 256 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 103%
Pcie SSD 1TB 19,971 User benchmarks, average bench 292% 134GB free Firmware: EIFM21.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1383 1441 762 1103 664 639 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 966 Write 1,190 Mixed 1,047 SusWrite 998 238% 1,050 MB/s	4K Read 55.7 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 77.2 259% 91.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,098 DQ Write 873 DQ Mixed 980 735% 984 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 438%
Seagate ST33000651AS 3TB-$78 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 294GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 114 110 114 114 114 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 122 Write 124 Mixed 76.9 SusWrite 114 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 86%
External RAID 1TB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 181GB free, PID 0077 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 43 43 43 43 43 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	20.2% Poor	Read 40.9 Write 24.4 Mixed 31.9 SusWrite 42.6 46% 35 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 80% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G32C16U4B.M8FE1 4x8GB 656 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	84.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 24.7 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 38.3 SC Mixed 26 78% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 119%

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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 - $265

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,528x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,368x
Core i9-10900KIntel $401Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	902x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,017x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	855x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	426x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	591x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	444x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	274x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	303x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	242x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $115Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	237x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,137

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16