Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	136% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20211028
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '23 at 03:21
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10850K 497 User benchmarks, average bench 100% , 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 1.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Memory 78.5 1-Core 79.2 2-Core 148 61% 102 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 410 40% 328 Pts	64-Core 530 33% 530 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Gigabyte(1458 405E) CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3689 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.49 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 193 Reflection 174 Parallax 164 157% 177 fps	MRender 189 Gravity 141 Splatting 121 120% 151 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 53 148 76 58 42 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 452 Write 235 Mixed 355 SusWrite 101 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 33.5 133% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 186 168% 252 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 94%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 429GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 137 137 135 135 134 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 159 Write 128 Mixed 106 SusWrite 135 98% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 109%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$32 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 276GB free Firmware: MS2OA8R0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 115 113 111 111 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 152 Write 148 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 112 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 168% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3000 C16 Series 1x31GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 31GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	49.3% Average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 14.3 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 17.7 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 83.3 48% 83.3 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 53%

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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 - $225

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,540x
Core i9-10850KIntel $249Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,373x
Core i9-10900KIntel $430Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	907x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,025x
RTX 3080Nvidia $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	856x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	428x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	593x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $142Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	446x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $55Bench 275%, 495,311 samples	274x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	303x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	242x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $117Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	237x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

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