Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 66% 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 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 63.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	134% 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	24.2 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 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '23 at 04:34
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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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 i9-10850K 497 User benchmarks, average bench 100% , 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 1.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 54 2-Core 123 54% 86.6 Pts	4-Core 240 8-Core 366 38% 303 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 63.4% 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 (90^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 190 Reflection 172 Parallax 163 154% 175 fps	MRender 188 Gravity 141 Splatting 121 119% 150 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 457 Write 255 Mixed 354 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 68.9 4K Mixed 32.8 132% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 195 172% 253 MB/s
Poor: 37% Great: 94%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 425GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 136 136 134 135 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 119 Write 133 Mixed 85 SusWrite 135 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 109%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$32 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 276GB free Firmware: MS2OA8R0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 120 120 119 119 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 155 Write 140 Mixed 47.6 SusWrite 116 83% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 170% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.9% 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 as expected (41^st percentile)	46% Average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 13.9 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 17 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 53%

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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 - $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

Total price: $1,102

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Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369