Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.6% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '23 at 15:42
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700-$233 71,010 User benchmarks, average bench 93% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 143 2-Core 285 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 1,029 94% 786 Pts	64-Core 1475 91% 1475 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% XFX(1682 5701) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.3.1 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.6% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 141 Parallax 219 98% 160 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 138 Splatting 94.4 93% 117 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB 3,193 User benchmarks, average bench 308% 666GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1590 1586 1591 1622 1481 1443 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	313% Outstanding	Read 2,594 Write 2,317 Mixed 1,791 SusWrite 1552 462% 2,064 MB/s	4K Read 54.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 73.4 237% 80.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,013 DQ Write 782 DQ Mixed 882 664% 892 MB/s
Poor: 165% ↑ This bench: 313% Great: 421%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 166 159 157 160 161 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 150 Mixed 61.4 SusWrite 161 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 48.8 Write 75.8 Mixed 63.7 47% 62.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 38% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% Great: 90%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 116 Write 127 Mixed 108 152% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 130% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 18% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$80 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.4 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 114%

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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 $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,501x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,361x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	892x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,012x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	848x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	424x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	588x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	440x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	272x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	299x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	238x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	234x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,117

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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