Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	59.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	239% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210503
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '21 at 17:02
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^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-$286 84,873 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 159 2-Core 312 104% 189 Pts	4-Core 630 8-Core 1,268 112% 949 Pts	64-Core 2113 131% 2113 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.22 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.1% Above average	Lighting 73.8 Reflection 76.5 Parallax 70.1 60% 73.5 fps	MRender 67.6 Gravity 72.9 Splatting 69.1 57% 69.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$164 35,257 User benchmarks, average bench 314% 752GB free (System drive) Firmware: EGFM13.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2354 964 934 938 936 930 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 1,108 Write 2,378 Mixed 1,422 SusWrite 1,176 346% 1,521 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 67.8 221% 80.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,442 DQ Write 1,005 DQ Mixed 1,216 910% 1,221 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 472%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 100GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 303 303 303 304 305 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 446 Mixed 396 SusWrite 320 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 67.5 4K Mixed 45.4 148% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 307 231% 309 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 124%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$91 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 105GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 68 68 68 68 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 80.2 Write 69.2 Mixed 45.1 SusWrite 67.9 48% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.4 103% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 87%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 824GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 100 100 101 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 98.3 Write 47.7 Mixed 50.6 SusWrite 99.8 54% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 13,446 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 39.6 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 29.7 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 45.9 SC Mixed 30.7 93% 32.6 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 111%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	27.9"	1280 720	ACR062D Acer KG281K

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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	2,499x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,360x
Core i9-10900KIntel $442Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	892x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,012x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	848x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	424x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	588x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	440x
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	238x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	234x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,112

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 $177	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