Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.19% 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	289% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '22 at 19:23
Run Duration	278 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10600K-$144 70,951 User benchmarks, average bench 92% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 87.8 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 99% 182 Pts	4-Core 576 8-Core 962 94% 769 Pts	64-Core 1,201 74% 1,201 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 39,219 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.100.9864 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	6.19% Terrible	Lighting 6 Reflection 10.3 Parallax 9.1 5% 8.47 fps	MRender 11.7 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 12.2 9% 10.5 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.19% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDPEKNW010T9 1TB 20,963 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 752GB free (System drive) Firmware: 001C SusWrite @10s intervals: 1505 1610 1551 1558 1492 1478 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	289% Outstanding	Read 1,720 Write 1,619 Mixed 1,188 SusWrite 1,532 341% 1,515 MB/s	4K Read 64.9 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 81.4 279% 97.1 MB/s	DQ Read 861 DQ Write 950 DQ Mixed 609 540% 807 MB/s
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 289% Great: 295%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 880GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 178 181 180 181 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 166 Mixed 103 SusWrite 180 117% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3200 2x16GB 12,742 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.8% Very good	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 20.1 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 34.3 SC Mixed 23.3 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 - $330

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,495x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,360x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	891x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,011x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	848x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	424x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	587x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	439x
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	237x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	234x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,114

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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