Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 135% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 145% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	132% 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	66.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

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

Run History

22 months ago, 9 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '23 at 21:25
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10850K-$249 84,873 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 151 2-Core 299 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 595 8-Core 1,134 103% 864 Pts	64-Core 1,951 121% 1,951 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Asus(1043 87C6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.67 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 181 Parallax 169 152% 179 fps	MRender 192 Gravity 141 Splatting 111 117% 148 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 1TB 9,059 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 143 201 181 212 147 MB/s Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	66.5% Good	Read 234 Write 105 Mixed 141 SusWrite 185 37% 166 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 62.7 4K Mixed 33.1 119% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 8.4 62% 140 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 103%
Pcie SSD 1TB 19,971 User benchmarks, average bench 292% 114GB free Firmware: EIFM21.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1053 1419 1274 1144 1351 822 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 951 Write 1102 Mixed 646 SusWrite 1,177 219% 969 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 77.7 245% 92.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,258 DQ Write 1,056 DQ Mixed 1,138 858% 1,151 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 438%
Seagate ST33000651AS 3TB-$78 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 313GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 134 136 137 135 136 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 121 Write 122 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 136 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 200% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 86%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB-$9 17,023 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 54GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 48 25 25 24 23 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 155 Write 52.9 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 34.9 91% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.5 135% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 39%
External RAID 1TB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 129GB free, PID 0077 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 43 43 43 43 43 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	Read 54.2 Write 36.3 Mixed 33.5 SusWrite 42.7 54% 41.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 78% 1 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G32C16U4B.M8FE1 4x8GB 656 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	85.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 24.4 86% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 37.8 SC Mixed 26 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 119%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	0	72.3"	1280 720	GSM0001 LG TV

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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 - $225

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,541x
Core i9-10850KIntel $249Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,373x
Core i9-10900KIntel $430Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	907x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,025x
RTX 3080Nvidia $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	857x
RTX 3060Nvidia $256Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	428x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	593x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	446x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 275%, 495,311 samples	274x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	303x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	242x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $116Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	237x

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