Asus PRIME Z690-A

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	101% 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	229% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

CPU throttled at 91% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z690-A (all builds)
Memory	55.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 4 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220812
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '22 at 02:53
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%
CPU Throttled	91%

PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-12900K-$335 66,991 User benchmarks, average bench 117% LGA1700, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 24 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 2.45 GHz (avg) Relative performance (0^th percentile)	70% Good	Memory 68.7 1-Core 98.1 2-Core 179 65% 115 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 725 66% 554 Pts	64-Core 1,882 116% 1,882 Pts
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 124%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$270 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 8818) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 155 Parallax 115 108% 134 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 105 Splatting 87.2 88% 111 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$164 35,257 User benchmarks, average bench 314% 348GB free (System drive) Firmware: EGFM13.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1047 926 926 828 823 830 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 1,648 Write 3,354 Mixed 1,973 SusWrite 897 446% 1,968 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 199 4K Mixed 67 238% 99.1 MB/s	DQ Read 828 DQ Write 717 DQ Mixed 603 498% 716 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 472%
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 17,781 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 465GB free Firmware: 415020RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 212 209 206 207 206 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 374 Write 355 Mixed 314 SusWrite 231 72% 318 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 45.7 4K Mixed 22.4 81% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 253 213% 311 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 115%
PNY CS900 1TB SSD 7,281 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 881GB free Firmware: CS900613 SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 390 393 412 403 247 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 180 Write 104 Mixed 273 SusWrite 374 53% 233 MB/s	4K Read 13.9 4K Write 45.8 4K Mixed 15.3 65% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 193 173% 261 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 102%
Nvme TEAM TM8FPD001T 1TB 148 User benchmarks, average bench 215% 929GB free Firmware: V9002s77 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 908 899 902 927 887 872 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	187% Outstanding	Read 1,812 Write 833 Mixed 753 SusWrite 899 238% 1,074 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 31 129% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 668 DQ Mixed 425 336% 451 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 341%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F5-5600U3636C164x16GB 154 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM 22h clocked @ 4000 MHz Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	MC Read 54 MC Write 56 MC Mixed 52.3 155% 54.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 23.5 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 190%

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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 209%

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Desktop 115%

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Workstation 230%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z690-A

CPU
Core i7-12700KIntel $228Bench 114%, 78,749 samples	2,109x
Core i9-12900KIntel $335Bench 117%, 66,991 samples	1,760x
Core i5-12600KIntel $184Bench 109%, 101,563 samples	754x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	836x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	779x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $600Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	552x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	1,001x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	606x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	318x

RAM
Vengeance LPX 5600 C36 2x16GBCorsairBench 162%, 23,486 samples	499x
Skill Intl F5-6000J3636F162x16GBGBench 172%, 21,264 samples	454x
Vengeance LPX 5200 C40 2x16GBCorsairBench 155%, 8,648 samples	387x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $1,236

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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