Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 186% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 203% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	210% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	479% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING (all builds)
Memory	53.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220517
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '23 at 21:26
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900K 340 User benchmarks, average bench 101% , 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 80.3 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 95% 177 Pts	4-Core 551 8-Core 1,035 95% 793 Pts	64-Core 1,828 113% 1,828 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 108%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,198 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% Gigabyte(1458 4042) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 528.49 Performing below potential (48^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	210% Outstanding	Lighting 312 Reflection 413 Parallax 329 254% 351 fps	MRender 341 Gravity 250 Splatting 184 203% 258 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Seagate BarraCud 250GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: C014 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 52 53 54 52 52 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	479% Outstanding	Read 4,569 Write 47.9 Mixed 101 SusWrite 52.4 248% 1,193 MB/s	4K Read 724 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 6.9 1,107% 245 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 479% Great: 200%
Adata SU650 960GB 7,756 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 618GB free Firmware: V8X02c08 SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 248 266 271 275 280 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 356 Write 348 Mixed 306 SusWrite 266 72% 319 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 71.1 4K Mixed 31.9 109% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 194 148% 196 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 100%
Samsung 860 Pro 512GB-$150 16,934 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 67GB free Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 283 310 342 391 416 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 459 Mixed 423 SusWrite 344 96% 425 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 49 164% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 345 262% 352 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 23,807 Mixed 108 8,548% 11,958 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 80% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2C3200C16 G.SKILL F4-3600C16-16GTZNC CMW32GX4M2C3200C16 G.SKILL F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 64GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	64.2% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 19.9 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 20.1 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 79.9 50% 79.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 105%

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Gaming 178%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 177%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	558x
Core i9-10900KIntel $410Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	368x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	301x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	277x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	257x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	109x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	145x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	98x
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)WD $74Bench 277%, 114,373 samples	96x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $128Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	70x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	68x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	67x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,338

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16