Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	121% 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	36.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	6.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '21 at 06:29
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10600K-$141 70,951 User benchmarks, average bench 92% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 144 2-Core 280 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 884 86% 707 Pts	64-Core 1,124 70% 1,124 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Nvidia(10DE 147A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 200 Parallax 137 130% 166 fps	MRender 190 Gravity 141 Splatting 122 120% 151 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
512gb QLC SATA SSD 512GB 2,433 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 221GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0918A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 77 12 138 12 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 485 Write 406 Mixed 16.2 SusWrite 63.2 53% 243 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 13.1 4K Mixed 0.4 42% 12 MB/s	DQ Read 75.6 DQ Write 15.6 DQ Mixed 0.4 12% 30.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 96%
WDC WDS100T2B0B-00YS70 1TB 39,874 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 248GB free Firmware: 401020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 367 273 397 283 223 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 427 Write 386 Mixed 397 SusWrite 318 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 33.4 139% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 231 203% 305 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 115%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2D3600C18 CMW16GX4M2D3600C18 CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 32GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3600, 3600, 3600, 3600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 41.3 MC Write 43.3 MC Mixed 32.7 112% 39.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 48.9 SC Mixed 29.7 94% 32.8 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%

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

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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 - $330

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,514x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,364x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	900x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,013x
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	850x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	426x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	591x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	441x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	273x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	302x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	241x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	237x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $1,191

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16