Asus PRIME Z690-A

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 115% UFO	Workstation 121% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 115%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	88.8% 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	387% 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.

CPU throttled at 95% 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

21 months ago, 18 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z690-A (all builds)
Memory	25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 4.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220531
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '22 at 06:46
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	0%
CPU Throttled	95%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-12700K-$250 78,749 User benchmarks, average bench 114% LGA1700, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Memory 78.5 1-Core 207 2-Core 409 120% 232 Pts	4-Core 810 8-Core 1,590 142% 1,200 Pts	64-Core 2,389 148% 2,389 Pts
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 123%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-$447 20,866 User benchmarks, average bench 86% Asus(1043 05D5) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.9.1 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 89.2 Reflection 135 Parallax 168 73% 131 fps	MRender 192 Gravity 90.2 Splatting 157 120% 147 fps
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Samsung SSD 980 PRO 1TB 5,258 User benchmarks, average bench 396% 727GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 3222 1891 1894 1905 1919 1920 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	387% Outstanding	Read 2,865 Write 3,653 Mixed 3,178 SusWrite 2,125 668% 2,955 MB/s	4K Read 79.5 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 108 347% 118 MB/s	DQ Read 899 DQ Write 612 DQ Mixed 778 575% 763 MB/s
Poor: 252% ↑ This bench: 387% Great: 489%
WDC WD20EFAX-68B2RN1 2TB 380 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1.5TB free Firmware: 83.00A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 164 164 164 163 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 172 Write 168 Mixed 95.6 SusWrite 164 34% 150 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 12.4 4K Mixed 1.2 68% 17.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1.4 DQ Write 11.1 DQ Mixed 0.7 2% 4.4 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 39%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 153 155 154 154 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 140 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 154 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KF548C38-16 2x16GB 3,734 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM 22h clocked @ 4800 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	159% Outstanding	MC Read 64.6 MC Write 62.8 MC Mixed 57.7 176% 61.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 52.2 SC Mixed 30.4 99% 34.5 GB/s	Latency 83.4 48% 83.4 ns
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 167%

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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 209%

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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 $250Bench 114%, 78,749 samples	2,107x
Core i9-12900KIntel $335Bench 117%, 66,991 samples	1,760x
Core i5-12600KIntel $186Bench 109%, 101,563 samples	754x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	836x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	778x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $450Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	551x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	1,000x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	606x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	318x

RAM
Vengeance LPX 5600 C36 2x16GBCorsairBench 162%, 23,486 samples	499x
Skill Intl F5-6000J3636F162x16GBGBench 172%, 21,264 samples	454x
Vengeance LPX 5200 C40 2x16GBCorsairBench 155%, 8,648 samples	387x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $1,258

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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