Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics11.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionWindows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.
Run History
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z490-A  (all builds)
Memory4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 11
BIOS Date20220517
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateJan 14 '23 at 22:21
Run Duration104 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i3-10105
, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
85.1% Excellent
Memory 91.5
1-Core 127
2-Core 216
84% 145 Pts
4-Core 424
8-Core 635
66% 529 Pts
64-Core 653
40% 653 Pts
Poor: 68%
This bench: 85.1%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 7770
Dell(1028 2304) 2GB
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 22.6.1
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
11.7% Very poor
Lighting 14.5
Reflection 18.4
Parallax 22.5
12% 18.5 fps
MRender 14
Gravity 16
Splatting 12.4
11% 14.1 fps
Poor: 11%
This bench: 11.7%
Great: 14%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: DC4A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 163 170 189 201 193 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
101% Outstanding
Read 173
Write 193
Mixed 81.1
SusWrite 180
114% 157 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 101%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
45% Average
MC Read 17.4
MC Write 15.9
MC Mixed 11.9
43% 15.1 GB/s
SC Read 13.7
SC Write 16.6
SC Mixed 10.5
39% 13.6 GB/s
Latency 64.9
62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 18%
This bench: 45%
Great: 67%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical PRIME Z490-A Builds (Compare 7,300 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 143%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 142%
UFO

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z490-A - $330

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $1,117
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