Asus PRIME Z690-A

Performance Results


Gaming 189% UFO	Desktop 121% UFO	Workstation 216% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 122%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	157% 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	423% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z690-A (all builds)
Memory	24.2 GB free of 32 GB
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20221130
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '23 at 22:56
Run Duration	485 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-12700KF-$189 70,812 User benchmarks, average bench 114% LGA1700, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Memory 83.5 1-Core 217 2-Core 441 127% 247 Pts	4-Core 853 8-Core 1,679 150% 1,266 Pts	64-Core 2,552 158% 2,552 Pts
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 121%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Zotac(19DA 2617) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.41 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	157% Outstanding	Lighting 234 Reflection 217 Parallax 227 191% 226 fps	MRender 204 Gravity 156 Splatting 139 133% 166 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme SAMSUNG MZVL21T0HCLR-00B00 1TB 3,134 User benchmarks, average bench 333% 614GB free (System drive) Firmware: GXA7401Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2917 1949 1952 1957 1911 1649 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	423% Outstanding	Read 2,938 Write 3,661 Mixed 2,889 SusWrite 2,056 651% 2,886 MB/s	4K Read 82.9 4K Write 222 4K Mixed 123 401% 143 MB/s	DQ Read 1,370 DQ Write 1,107 DQ Mixed 1,219 918% 1,232 MB/s
Poor: 187% ↑ This bench: 423% Great: 464%
Nvme PCIe SSD 1TB 397 User benchmarks, average bench 292% 802GB free Firmware: EGFM15.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 3292 3613 3620 3613 3618 3607 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	478% Outstanding	Read 2231 Write 3,468 Mixed 2,409 SusWrite 3,560 663% 2,917 MB/s	4K Read 57.4 4K Write 266 4K Mixed 91 344% 138 MB/s	DQ Read 1617 DQ Write 1,355 DQ Mixed 1,518 1,128% 1,497 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 478% Great: 493%
Samsung 870 QVO 2TB-$165 41,734 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 1TB free Firmware: SVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 483 483 483 483 484 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 460 Mixed 430 SusWrite 482 105% 464 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 51.7 175% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 339 255% 343 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 128%
Nvme WD_BLACK SN770 500GB 274 User benchmarks, average bench 382% 465GB free Firmware: 731100WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 3758 3713 3673 3651 2956 331 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	515% Outstanding	Read 3,892 Write 3,579 Mixed 2,359 SusWrite 3,014 721% 3,211 MB/s	4K Read 71 4K Write 227 4K Mixed 93 347% 130 MB/s	DQ Read 1762 DQ Write 1,371 DQ Mixed 1,445 1,114% 1,526 MB/s
Poor: 196% ↑ This bench: 515% Great: 534%
Nvme T-CREATE TM8FPH002T 2TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 376% 2TB free Firmware: EGFM13.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 3832 3841 3843 3849 3834 2485 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	477% Outstanding	Read 2224 Write 3,792 Mixed 2,282 SusWrite 3614 677% 2,978 MB/s	4K Read 55.2 4K Write 262 4K Mixed 86.1 333% 134 MB/s	DQ Read 1,624 DQ Write 1,361 DQ Mixed 1,534 1,138% 1,506 MB/s
Poor: 270% ↑ This bench: 477% Great: 477%
Team T253X2001T 1TB 11,283 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 954GB free Firmware: V1.2.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 339 334 333 394 451 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 425 Write 367 Mixed 349 SusWrite 366 85% 377 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 80.7 4K Mixed 27.6 132% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 19.8 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 244 146% 149 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 105%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$132 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3TB free Firmware: FP1R SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 179 182 176 180 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 139 Write 139 Mixed 67.1 SusWrite 180 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 255% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 104%
Amd-raid ST14000NM001G-2K 14TB 149 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 2TB free Firmware: SN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 159 156 161 160 159 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 144 Write 131 Mixed 89.6 SusWrite 159 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 13.7 4K Write 6.9 4K Mixed 1.2 832% 7.27 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 138%
WD easystore 2625 2TB 1,227 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 882GB free, PID 2625 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 99 98 99 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 110 Write 107 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 98.8 126% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.3 164% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc UD5-6000 2x16GB 6,580 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM 22h clocked @ 6000 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	188% Outstanding	MC Read 78.7 MC Write 74.1 MC Mixed 69.7 212% 74.2 GB/s	SC Read 24.6 SC Write 49.8 SC Mixed 31.3 101% 35.2 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 199%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 115%

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Workstation 230%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z690-A

CPU
Core i7-12700KIntel $215Bench 114%, 78,749 samples	2,134x
Core i9-12900KIntel $264Bench 117%, 66,991 samples	1,777x
Core i5-12600KIntel $170Bench 109%, 101,563 samples	756x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $879Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	847x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $580Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	784x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $479Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	559x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	1,007x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $155Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	610x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	323x

RAM
Vengeance LPX 5600 C36 2x16GBCorsairBench 162%, 23,486 samples	505x
Skill Intl F5-6000J3636F162x16GBGBench 172%, 21,264 samples	456x
Vengeance LPX 5200 C40 2x16GBCorsairBench 155%, 8,648 samples	391x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $1,201

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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