Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	61.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '23 at 20:27
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-10100 122 User benchmarks, average bench 82% , 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 218 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 611 62% 501 Pts	64-Core 625 39% 625 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Gigabyte(1458 2316) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.4.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 146 Parallax 205 109% 162 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 153 Splatting 97.6 98% 123 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 73 76 78 77 76 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 403 Write 69.2 Mixed 129 SusWrite 76.1 37% 169 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 74.3 4K Mixed 32.1 121% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 76.2 DQ Write 80.1 DQ Mixed 67.3 54% 74.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 70%
WD My Passport 0740 1TB 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 69GB free, PID 0740 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 64 70 48 68 67 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	26.7% Poor	Read 69.9 Write 70.8 Mixed 39.3 SusWrite 62.9 81% 60.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 50% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 1x8GB 113 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	53.8% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 14.8 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 17.6 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 56%

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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 - $330

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,513x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,364x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	900x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,013x
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	850x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	426x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	591x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	441x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	273x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	302x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	241x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	237x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $1,191

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16