Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 115%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 108%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 116%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics106% 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 Drive368% 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.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING  (all builds)
Memory10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200529
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 02 '22 at 15:29
Run Duration209 Seconds
Run User NOR-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing above expectations (78th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-10700K-$236
LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
106% Outstanding
Memory 95.5
1-Core 160
2-Core 316
104% 190 Pts
4-Core 624
8-Core 1,105
104% 865 Pts
64-Core 1674
104% 1674 Pts
Poor: 86%
This bench: 106%
Great: 104%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$274
Gigabyte(1458 407B) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 512.15
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
106% Outstanding
Lighting 140
Reflection 166
Parallax 127
114% 144 fps
MRender 144
Gravity 105
Splatting 100
93% 116 fps
Poor: 90%
This bench: 106%
Great: 106%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95
889GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 744 2163 2412 2439 2439 1833 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
368% Outstanding
Read 2,564
Write 2,443
Mixed 2,336
SusWrite 2005
526% 2,337 MB/s
4K Read 66.2
4K Write 148
4K Mixed 91.6
296% 102 MB/s
DQ Read 1,259
DQ Write 1,030
DQ Mixed 1,145
857% 1,145 MB/s
Poor: 188%
This bench: 368%
Great: 410%
Seagate Expansion+ 1TB
606GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 127 133 132 106 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
70.5% Very good
Read 118
Write 124
Mixed 67.6
SusWrite 127
80% 109 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 1
206% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 15%
This bench: 70.5%
Great: 71%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170
522GB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 64 66 66 66 67 MB/s
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
37.8% Below average
Read 66.1
Write 62.7
Mixed 64.2
SusWrite 65.3
48% 64.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 26%
This bench: 37.8%
Great: 63%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMT16GX4M2Z3200C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
92.5% Outstanding
MC Read 37.6
MC Write 35.5
MC Mixed 25
93% 32.7 GB/s
SC Read 20.4
SC Write 37.3
SC Mixed 26.8
80% 28.2 GB/s
Latency 55.5
72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 72%
This bench: 92.5%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING Builds (Compare 1,803 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 178%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 177%
UFO

Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $1,355
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