Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.3% 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	304% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '20 at 17:39
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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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 i5-10600K-$141 70,951 User benchmarks, average bench 92% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 84.9 1-Core 153 2-Core 302 97% 180 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 947 91% 751 Pts	64-Core 1,190 74% 1,190 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Lighting 98.8 Reflection 88.6 Parallax 82.4 80% 89.9 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 81.4 Splatting 76.7 74% 93.2 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 364GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2166 842 832 834 832 827 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	304% Outstanding	Read 2,568 Write 2,361 Mixed 1,754 SusWrite 1,055 433% 1,935 MB/s	4K Read 63 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 84.2 281% 97.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,237 DQ Write 978 DQ Mixed 1102 826% 1,106 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 304% Great: 355%
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 1TB 12,662 User benchmarks, average bench 231% 729GB free Firmware: VB411D45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 992 990 988 990 991 987 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 1,480 Write 987 Mixed 1,042 SusWrite 990 252% 1,125 MB/s	4K Read 54 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 73.5 242% 84.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,283 DQ Write 674 DQ Mixed 1,222 843% 1,060 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 330%
Asmt USB 3.0 Destop H 256GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 124GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 322 323 322 300 266 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 302 Write 300 Mixed 261 SusWrite 310 66% 293 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 47.1 4K Mixed 25.8 86% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 140 114% 160 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 70%
Asmt USB 3.0 Destop H 500GB 188 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 232GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 96 98 96 97 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 80 Write 69.7 Mixed 53.6 SusWrite 96 55% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 71%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 12,078 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 489GB free, PID 0900 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 75 75 75 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	Read 74.7 Write 78 Mixed 32 SusWrite 75.1 87% 64.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 73% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 1x16GB 4,604 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.1% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 9.8 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 11.7 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 51%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z490-A - $330

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,513x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,364x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	900x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,013x
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	850x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	426x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	591x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	441x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	273x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	302x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	241x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	237x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $1,191

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16