Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 151% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 165% 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	150% 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	31.5% 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

16 months ago, 16 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '23 at 22:49
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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 i9-10900KF-$255 21,040 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 155 2-Core 299 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 580 8-Core 1,143 102% 861 Pts	64-Core 2,014 125% 2,014 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$479 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% Zotac(19DA 1653) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 527.37 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	150% Outstanding	Lighting 219 Reflection 201 Parallax 196 179% 205 fps	MRender 232 Gravity 147 Splatting 122 131% 167 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO 500GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 209GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0813A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 7.4 14 3.5 4.5 8.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 609 Write 13.2 Mixed 15.7 SusWrite 14.9 34% 163 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 24% 5.23 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 115%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 258GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 466 465 468 437 351 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 468 Mixed 420 SusWrite 442 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 48.4 159% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 336 253% 337 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 179 178 180 164 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 142 Write 152 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 178 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 207% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 474 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 28.6 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 44.5 SC Mixed 27.8 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 111%

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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 - $265

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,519x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,365x
Core i9-10900KIntel $410Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	900x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,014x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	852x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 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	442x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	273x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 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: $1,131

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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