Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	52.6% 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	273% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	23.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220517
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '22 at 10:41
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900F-$225 8,499 User benchmarks, average bench 95% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 83.5 1-Core 152 2-Core 300 96% 179 Pts	4-Core 585 8-Core 1,103 101% 844 Pts	64-Core 1,803 112% 1,803 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E387) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.20.01.02 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	52.6% Above average	Lighting 66.3 Reflection 63.8 Parallax 88.8 54% 73 fps	MRender 65.8 Gravity 75.4 Splatting 47 50% 62.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN770 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB 14,020 User benchmarks, average bench 468% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 731030WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1857 1922 1922 1940 1854 1515 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	273% Outstanding	Read 1,933 Write 1,530 Mixed 1,601 SusWrite 1835 388% 1,725 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 60.4 202% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 794 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 246 237% 392 MB/s
Poor: 237% ↑ This bench: 273% Great: 633%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 73GB free Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 155 173 205 197 142 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 491 Write 262 Mixed 266 SusWrite 181 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 68.8 4K Mixed 14.9 88% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 23.9 67% 142 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 833GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 162 163 166 165 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 146 Mixed 79.9 SusWrite 163 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 498GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 111 117 119 118 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 104 Write 104 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 112 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 2400 C15 Series 4x8GB 93 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.2% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 21.9 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 22.7 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 114%

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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	2,502x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,362x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	893x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,012x
RTX 3080Nvidia $600Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	848x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	424x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	589x
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	239x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	235x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,117

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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