Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76.9% 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	87% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 13 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200323
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '23 at 23:31
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700-$232 71,010 User benchmarks, average bench 93% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 142 2-Core 276 96% 171 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 884 87% 709 Pts	64-Core 1,490 92% 1,490 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.02 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.9% Very good	Lighting 94.9 Reflection 163 Parallax 98.1 77% 119 fps	MRender 89.6 Gravity 93.6 Splatting 94.6 76% 92.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7WD960HAGP-00003 960GB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 205GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM8AW3Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 356 352 348 342 353 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 380 Write 306 Mixed 304 SusWrite 351 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 33 119% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 290 222% 302 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 92%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 103GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 144 144 144 145 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 486 Mixed 359 SusWrite 171 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 88.7 4K Mixed 48.9 171% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 176 182% 297 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$50 87,344 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 36.2 MC Mixed 26.1 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 35 SC Mixed 29.7 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 120%

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

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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