Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 99.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.43% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	165% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 18 '23 at 16:37
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-11900-$270 3,353 User benchmarks, average bench 100% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Memory 82.4 1-Core 165 2-Core 318 101% 188 Pts	4-Core 638 8-Core 846 94% 742 Pts	64-Core 1,080 67% 1,080 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 108%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 750 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9078 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	8.43% Terrible	Lighting 9.8 Reflection 139 Parallax 10.6 8% 53 fps	MRender 12.8 Gravity 10.7 Splatting 10.8 9% 11.4 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.43% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN770 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB 12,579 User benchmarks, average bench 380% 304GB free (System drive) Firmware: 731100WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 351 348 354 357 388 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 684 Write 652 Mixed 599 SusWrite 357 129% 573 MB/s	4K Read 61.1 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 69.7 266% 96.8 MB/s	DQ Read 839 DQ Write 709 DQ Mixed 1,254 809% 934 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 507%
Team TM8FP6512G 512GB 6,771 User benchmarks, average bench 195% 373GB free Firmware: EDFMG1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 349 347 352 356 329 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 653 Write 689 Mixed 666 SusWrite 346 132% 589 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 68.1 241% 90.5 MB/s	DQ Read 836 DQ Write 762 DQ Mixed 1,133 758% 910 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 270%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown MD4U0832160BCW 2x8GB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.8% Excellent	MC Read 36 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 22.9 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 24 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 104%

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

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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 $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	552x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	364x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	296x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	276x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	256x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	109x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	144x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	98x
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)WD $74Bench 277%, 114,373 samples	94x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	70x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	67x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	66x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,352

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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