Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 27% Raft	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (12th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 88 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 28.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	0.58% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 months ago, 6 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20221227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '23 at 06:37
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	KOR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10400-$126 71,804 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	28.2% Poor	Memory 38.8 1-Core 24.6 2-Core 49.1 24% 37.5 Pts	4-Core 96.4 8-Core 139 15% 118 Pts	64-Core 196 12% 196 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 37,718 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 31.0.101.2111 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	0.58% Terrible	Lighting 0.8 Reflection 0.2 Parallax 1.7 1% 0.9 fps	MRender 0.3 Gravity 0.5 Splatting 0.7 0% 0.5 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 0.58% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 2.5 240GB 1,708 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42077100 SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 129 126 127 124 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 408 Write 390 Mixed 322 SusWrite 161 72% 320 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 29 4K Mixed 21 73% 23.5 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 161 121% 162 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43EB2-CWE 2x8GB 6,792 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	43.3% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 18.9 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 8.2 22% 7.6 GB/s	Latency 145 28% 145 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 110%

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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	2	1	60	20"	1280 720	GSM4ED9 EX2051

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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 - $265

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,529x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,370x
Core i9-10900KIntel $430Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	904x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,019x
RTX 3080Nvidia $435Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	856x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	426x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	592x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $157Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	444x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	274x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	303x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	242x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $118Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	237x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,142

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	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) $39	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