Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 143% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 153% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 98.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	144% 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.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 months ago, 28 days ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	58 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '23 at 05:35
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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-$279 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 as expected (48^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 148 2-Core 283 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 1,086 98% 824 Pts	64-Core 1,894 117% 1,894 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Gigabyte(1458 4069) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.17 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	144% Outstanding	Lighting 214 Reflection 188 Parallax 181 175% 194 fps	MRender 174 Gravity 140 Splatting 125 117% 146 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 670p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$70 14,932 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,500 Write 1,898 Mixed 1,414 429% 1,937 MB/s	4K Read 63 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 79.8 272% 94.5 MB/s	DQ Read 881 DQ Write 796 DQ Mixed 592 512% 756 MB/s
Poor: 137% Great: 383%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 7,881 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 143GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1161 736 738 740 740 298 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 127%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 139GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 136 177 181 178 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 496 Write 468 Mixed 377 SusWrite 218 87% 390 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 36 133% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 202 188% 289 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 97%
Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB-$129 26,139 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 83GB free Firmware: Q0922FS SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 452 255 63 49 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Read 496 Write 438 Mixed 389 SusWrite 219 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 40.6 135% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 258 193% 253 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3600 4x16GB 751 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 41.7 MC Mixed 30.5 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 48.9 SC Mixed 29.5 94% 32.8 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 136%

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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	144	31.5"	2560 1440	SPT0CAD Sceptre Y32

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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	2,522x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,366x
Core i9-10900KIntel $410Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	901x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,014x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	855x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	426x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	591x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $152Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	444x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	274x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	302x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	241x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $128Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	237x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,135

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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