Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	6.3% 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	351% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

24 months ago, 24 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210415
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 01 '22 at 16:55
Run Duration	498 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900K-$442 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 155 2-Core 308 101% 186 Pts	4-Core 612 8-Core 1,213 108% 912 Pts	64-Core 2,014 125% 2,014 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.101.1660 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	6.3% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 91.1 Parallax 9.2 5% 35.5 fps	MRender 12.2 Gravity 7.6 Splatting 12.3 9% 10.7 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.3% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC120G1SA754D117-820 120GB 1,827 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 38GB free Firmware: N0815B SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 132 111 111 105 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 508 Write 155 Mixed 209 SusWrite 120 54% 248 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 80.3 4K Mixed 34.6 126% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 150 126% 184 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 83%
Samsung MZ7TD128HAFV-000L1 128GB 4,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 66GB free Firmware: DXT04L0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 130 131 131 129 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 492 Write 129 Mixed 130 SusWrite 130 48% 220 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 77.7 4K Mixed 20 108% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 48.6 83% 168 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 71%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 302GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 443 441 449 428 350 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 484 Mixed 428 SusWrite 424 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 55.4 183% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 353 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 129%
WD Black SN850 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$100 14,499 User benchmarks, average bench 395% 757GB free Firmware: 614900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1405 1426 1409 1403 1357 1375 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	273% Outstanding	Read 1,336 Write 1,276 Mixed 1,204 SusWrite 1,396 294% 1303 MB/s	4K Read 63.7 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 78.5 272% 94.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,310 DQ Write 933 DQ Mixed 1,124 839% 1,122 MB/s
Poor: 228% ↑ This bench: 273% Great: 595%
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 334GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2047 2020 2018 2019 1977 1951 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	351% Outstanding	Read 2,609 Write 2,183 Mixed 1,476 SusWrite 2,005 464% 2,068 MB/s	4K Read 54.8 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 74.3 253% 90.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,207 DQ Write 829 DQ Mixed 999 751% 1,012 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 351% Great: 393%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 208GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 366 365 365 366 365 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 490 Write 358 Mixed 251 SusWrite 365 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 14.9 105% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 88.6 110% 192 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 86%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 4TB 1,852 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 0508 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 125 124 122 121 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 170 Write 162 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 122 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 91%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 521GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 49 47 47 48 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	31.7% Below average	Read 62.3 Write 71.5 Mixed 30.9 SusWrite 48.3 39% 53.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.2 46% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 67%
WD easystore 2648 2TB 1,980 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1TB free, PID 2648 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 95 95 93 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 92.1 Write 57.2 Mixed 61.9 SusWrite 94.5 101% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.3 152% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 65%
Samsung Flash Drive 64GB 8,748 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 25GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 33 33 33 32 33 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 286 Write 30.4 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 32.5 93% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 3.8 331% 6.9 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 111%
WD My Book 1110 499GB 743 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 163GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 39 38 37 37 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Read 36.4 Write 37.2 Mixed 30.1 SusWrite 37.7 48% 35.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 80% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G32C16U4B.M8FE1 2x8GB 9,178 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.6% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 21.2 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.2 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 114%

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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 $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,498x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,360x
Core i9-10900KIntel $442Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	892x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,012x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	848x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	424x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	588x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	440x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	272x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	299x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	238x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	234x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,112

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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