Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 123% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	107% 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	263% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '22 at 05:17
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th 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-$410 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 164 2-Core 323 105% 194 Pts	4-Core 618 8-Core 1,157 106% 888 Pts	64-Core 2,014 125% 2,014 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 525.14 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 148 Parallax 137 110% 140 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 139 Splatting 124 105% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0 1TB 44,185 User benchmarks, average bench 430% 851GB free (System drive) Firmware: 613200WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1066 1060 1053 1040 1023 1042 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 1,364 Write 1,276 Mixed 1,249 SusWrite 1,047 278% 1,234 MB/s	4K Read 65.9 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 81.5 278% 95.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,483 DQ Write 1,142 DQ Mixed 1,296 974% 1,307 MB/s
Poor: 264% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 573%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$88 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 619GB free Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 191 192 194 200 197 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 459 Mixed 406 SusWrite 194 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 44.7 147% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 288 234% 331 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 125%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$182 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 148 148 147 147 147 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 134 Write 140 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 147 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1 216% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 98%
External M.2 NVME 256GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 165GB free, PID 9210 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 41.4 Write 41.6 Mixed 41.4 SusWrite 41.8 57% 41.5 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 19.2 4K Mixed 17.4 1,304% 17.5 MB/s	DQ Read 17.3 DQ Write 23 DQ Mixed 19.1 1,496% 19.8 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Mushkin MR[A/B]4U360JNNM16G 2x16GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 24.5 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 47 SC Mixed 28.8 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 110%

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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 - $265

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,523x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,366x
Core i9-10900KIntel $410Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	901x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,014x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	855x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	426x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	591x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	444x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	274x

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 $128Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	237x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $1,130

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16