Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	105% 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	58.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	22.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20211028
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '23 at 02:45
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10850K 497 User benchmarks, average bench 100% , 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 1.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Memory 70.1 1-Core 55.5 2-Core 95.8 47% 73.8 Pts	4-Core 156 8-Core 253 25% 205 Pts	64-Core 391 24% 391 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Gigabyte(1458 405E) CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3689 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.49 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 158 Parallax 157 106% 148 fps	MRender 166 Gravity 131 Splatting 113 109% 136 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 67 80 41 59 50 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 420 Write 172 Mixed 330 SusWrite 81.8 56% 251 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 50.8 4K Mixed 24.4 97% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 72.5 DQ Mixed 17.5 49% 110 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 94%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 429GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 138 137 135 128 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 127 Write 139 Mixed 102 SusWrite 135 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 109%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 276GB free Firmware: MS2OA8R0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 119 117 114 117 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 148 Write 135 Mixed 23.1 SusWrite 117 76% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 164% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3000 C16 Series 1x31GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 31GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 13.2 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 9.4 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 53%

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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	2,520x
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 $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 $152Bench 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 $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	302x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	241x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $112Bench 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