Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 91%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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.
ProcessorWith 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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics86.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive201% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z490-A  (all builds)
Memory23.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20201230
Uptime0.5 Days
Run DateDec 05 '21 at 07:34
Run Duration221 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing below expectations (27th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-10850K-$286
LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
95.8% Outstanding
Memory 91.2
1-Core 131
2-Core 285
92% 169 Pts
4-Core 538
8-Core 1,026
93% 782 Pts
64-Core 1,897
117% 1,897 Pts
Poor: 88%
This bench: 95.8%
Great: 105%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324
EVGA(3842 2067) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 497.09
Performing below potential (28th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
86.6% Excellent
Lighting 107
Reflection 103
Parallax 107
87% 106 fps
MRender 133
Gravity 98.9
Splatting 88.6
85% 107 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 86.6%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$94
825GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1078 1094 1087 1102 1118 1104 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
201% Outstanding
Read 1,054
Write 1019
Mixed 1,040
SusWrite 1,097
238% 1,053 MB/s
4K Read 47.5
4K Write 78.4
4K Mixed 57.1
187% 61 MB/s
DQ Read 1,122
DQ Write 409
DQ Mixed 572
474% 701 MB/s
Poor: 149%
This bench: 201%
Great: 365%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
238GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 119 120 119 120 120 MB/s
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
84.5% Excellent
Read 176
Write 179
Mixed 86.6
SusWrite 119
103% 140 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 84.5%
Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50
589GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 216 213 210 219 217 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
89.9% Excellent
Read 107
Write 116
Mixed 68.1
SusWrite 207
91% 124 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
101% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 89.9%
Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
63% Good
MC Read 24.1
MC Write 23.6
MC Mixed 19
64% 22.2 GB/s
SC Read 12.5
SC Write 18.8
SC Mixed 21.1
50% 17.5 GB/s
Latency 65.4
61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 63%
Great: 114%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z490-A Builds (Compare 7,304 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 143%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 142%
UFO

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z490-A - $330

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $1,112
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