Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 315% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 338% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	329% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

17 months ago, 17 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '22 at 05:48
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900K-$449 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 147 2-Core 299 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 1,109 98% 830 Pts	64-Core 1,878 116% 1,878 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 4090-$1,847 25,956 User benchmarks, average bench 370% Gigabyte(1458 40BF) CLim: 3390 MHz, MLim: 5898 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 526.98 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	329% Outstanding	Lighting 480 Reflection 600 Parallax 792 391% 624 fps	MRender 518 Gravity 603 Splatting 306 373% 476 fps
Poor: 303% ↑ This bench: 329% Great: 407%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,521 Write 2,298 Mixed 1,824 493% 2,214 MB/s	4K Read 57.3 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 82.7 262% 90 MB/s	DQ Read 1,121 DQ Write 590 DQ Mixed 509 471% 740 MB/s
Poor: 188% Great: 410%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$89 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 399GB free Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 478 484 483 484 480 485 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 479 Mixed 414 SusWrite 482 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 58.3 182% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 347 263% 355 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 137%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB 9,834 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 27.5 98% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 44.6 SC Mixed 29.9 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 117%

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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	2,491x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,360x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	890x

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	233x

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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