Asus PRIME Z590-A

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	8.52% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	320% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z590-A (all builds)
Memory	58 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 06 '22 at 23:55
Run Duration	289 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-11700K-$233 65,651 User benchmarks, average bench 101% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 77.3 1-Core 176 2-Core 344 105% 199 Pts	4-Core 690 8-Core 1061 108% 875 Pts	64-Core 1,683 104% 1,683 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 750 15,464 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9127 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	8.52% Terrible	Lighting 10.1 Reflection 15.7 Parallax 11 8% 12.3 fps	MRender 13.7 Gravity 11 Splatting 9.4 9% 11.4 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.52% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Force MP600 500GB 13,280 User benchmarks, average bench 261% 348GB free (System drive) Firmware: EGFM11.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1518 1649 2398 1256 475 479 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	320% Outstanding	Read 2,067 Write 2,373 Mixed 1,792 SusWrite 1,296 424% 1,882 MB/s	4K Read 60.4 4K Write 226 4K Mixed 88.1 324% 125 MB/s	DQ Read 1,580 DQ Write 1,084 DQ Mixed 1,308 983% 1,324 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 320% Great: 374%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 392GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2181 848 806 805 807 808 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	316% Outstanding	Read 2,594 Write 2,343 Mixed 1,598 SusWrite 1,043 423% 1,894 MB/s	4K Read 67.4 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 84.8 270% 87.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,710 DQ Write 1,202 DQ Mixed 1,397 1,059% 1,436 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 316% Great: 355%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 740GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 158 158 163 162 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 157 Mixed 105 SusWrite 160 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 208 215 217 218 211 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 147 Write 183 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 210 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 207% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Mushkin MR[ABC]4U320GJJM32G 2x31.5GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 63GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.2% Very good	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 18.4 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 22.9 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 85.8 47% 85.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 111%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z590-A

CPU
Core i7-11700KIntel $233Bench 101%, 65,651 samples	2,247x
Core i9-11900KIntel $258Bench 103%, 44,319 samples	976x
Core i5-11600KIntel $180Bench 99%, 43,966 samples	737x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	695x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	653x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	588x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $106Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	644x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	442x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	336x

RAM
CMH32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 94%, 38,830 samples	217x
CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 85%, 54,117 samples	209x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	209x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $622

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