Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	87.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	122% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '20 at 21:28
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700K-$236 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 91.9 1-Core 165 2-Core 323 105% 193 Pts	4-Core 636 8-Core 1,260 112% 948 Pts	64-Core 1710 106% 1710 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 115 Parallax 97 90% 108 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 100 Splatting 102 82% 99.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 512GB-$150 16,934 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 349GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 478 478 480 484 483 485 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 478 Mixed 438 SusWrite 481 108% 478 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 53.8 181% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 340 260% 352 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%
OCZ Trion 100 480GB-$139 1,753 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 274GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 134 128 139 134 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 510 Write 474 Mixed 386 SusWrite 168 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 37.6 138% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 194 181% 280 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 90%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3TB free Firmware: FP1R SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 173 174 172 176 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 170 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 173 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 382% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 181 184 190 185 190 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 162 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 186 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%
Verbatim STORE N GO 64GB 1,445 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 45GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 3.7 3.7 7.3 4.3 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	4.63% Terrible	Read 17.7 Write 14.3 Mixed 15.8 SusWrite 6 17% 13.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 1 46% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.63% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GB 32,191 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.2% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.4 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 23 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 134%

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

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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	2,491x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,360x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	890x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,011x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	848x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	423x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	587x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	439x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	272x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	299x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	237x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	233x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,124

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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