Asus PRIME Z590-A

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	75.4% 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	313% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z590-A (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '23 at 20:47
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-11600K-$180 43,966 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 80.8 1-Core 163 2-Core 310 99% 185 Pts	4-Core 560 8-Core 906 90% 733 Pts	64-Core 1,164 72% 1,164 Pts
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 108%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3050-$274 43,922 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Asus(1043 8872) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.4% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 82.2 Parallax 87.6 83% 90.7 fps	MRender 82 Gravity 74.3 Splatting 66.2 60% 74.2 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 79%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 627GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1207 984 989 994 978 985 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	313% Outstanding	Read 2,343 Write 2,150 Mixed 2,147 SusWrite 1,023 430% 1,916 MB/s	4K Read 66.8 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 92.8 308% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,517 DQ Write 1,205 DQ Mixed 1,316 997% 1,346 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 313% Great: 410%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3200C16-16GTRS 1x16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	40.5% Average	MC Read 14 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 12.8 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 12.7 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 79 51% 79 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 60%

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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 105%

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Desktop 106%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z590-A

CPU
Core i7-11700KIntel $270Bench 101%, 65,651 samples	2,235x
Core i9-11900KIntel $265Bench 103%, 44,319 samples	973x
Core i5-11600KIntel $180Bench 99%, 43,966 samples	734x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	689x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	653x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	588x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	641x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	438x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	333x

RAM
CMH32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 94%, 38,830 samples	216x
CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 85%, 54,117 samples	209x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	208x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $621

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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