Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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	221% 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	16GB 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 Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

2 months ago, 2 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '22 at 05:50
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10400-$140 68,755 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 244 89% 154 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 775 76% 608 Pts	64-Core 960 64% 960 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$861 717,838 User benchmarks, average bench 137% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 512.95 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	129% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 190 Parallax 170 128% 173 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 168 Splatting 128 132% 144 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 149%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$85 165,743 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 800GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1326 836 846 844 845 805 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 1,605 Write 1,755 Mixed 1,478 SusWrite 917 324% 1,439 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 59.3 208% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 916 DQ Write 702 DQ Mixed 772 588% 797 MB/s
Poor: 166% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 273%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 33,911 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 186 186 177 188 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 155 Mixed 73.4 SusWrite 185 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 1,082 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 22.6 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 25 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 96%

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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 148%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 149%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z490-A - $160

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $280Bench 96%, 188,454 samples	4,823x
Core i9-10850KIntel $350Bench 98%, 72,842 samples	2,501x
Core i9-10900KIntel $389Bench 99%, 82,876 samples	1,491x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $535Bench 154%, 418,174 samples	1,515x
RTX 3080Nvidia $760Bench 208%, 335,730 samples	1,173x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $500Bench 118%, 623,566 samples	741x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $105Bench 330%, 399,889 samples	1,139x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $169Bench 305%, 309,104 samples	925x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $59Bench 287%, 375,956 samples	692x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $73Bench 85%, 338,612 samples	671x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $203Bench 88%, 141,007 samples	536x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $58Bench 86%, 616,718 samples	391x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $1,153

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $275	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $470	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $160	Nvidia RTX 3070 $535	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i7-12700K $350	Nvidia RTX 3050 $325	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $33	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $64	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $449	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16