Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	183% 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	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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING (all builds)
Memory	57.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '21 at 21:02
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700K-$236 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 82.5 1-Core 158 2-Core 308 98% 183 Pts	4-Core 573 8-Core 1,188 103% 880 Pts	64-Core 1,667 103% 1,667 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6267) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.63 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 78.4 Reflection 80.4 Parallax 73.3 64% 77.4 fps	Gravity 76.8 Splatting 72.6 66% 74.7 fps
Poor: 51% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 716 544 515 498 487 477 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	183% Outstanding	Read 1,907 Write 1,714 Mixed 578 SusWrite 540 263% 1,185 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 52.8 185% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 42.6 DQ Write 678 DQ Mixed 534 362% 418 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 183% Great: 254%
Samsung 870 QVO 2TB-$145 41,734 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 118GB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 261 162 163 167 162 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 487 Mixed 432 SusWrite 218 92% 412 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 52.1 173% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 37.1 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 272 184% 214 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 128%
Samsung 870 QVO 2TB-$145 41,734 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 186GB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 250 159 159 162 160 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 487 Mixed 454 SusWrite 229 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 52.2 173% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 36.4 DQ Write 96.5 DQ Mixed 313 168% 149 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 128%
Seagate Slim BK 500GB 653 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 466GB free Firmware: 0938 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 108 108 107 106 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 109 Write 82.5 Mixed 51.2 SusWrite 107 64% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 2400 C16 Series 4x16GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.2% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 23.1 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 23.5 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 76.1 53% 76.1 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 119%

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Gaming 178%

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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	554x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	364x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	297x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $600Bench 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 $67Bench 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: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,017

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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