Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 232% UFO	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 257% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	226% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	368% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '20 at 19:26
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900KF-$260 21,040 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 170 2-Core 321 106% 195 Pts	4-Core 624 8-Core 1,263 111% 944 Pts	64-Core 2,136 132% 2,136 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,306 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% Asus(1043 87AF) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	226% Outstanding	Lighting 346 Reflection 284 Parallax 321 282% 317 fps	MRender 366 Gravity 255 Splatting 182 209% 268 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2401 2409 2426 1851 1595 1589 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	368% Outstanding	Read 2,633 Write 2,419 Mixed 1,962 SusWrite 2,045 509% 2,265 MB/s	4K Read 61.6 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 85.5 281% 98.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,265 DQ Write 1,006 DQ Mixed 1143 853% 1,138 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 368% Great: 435%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 707GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 489 489 490 490 490 490 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 487 Mixed 462 SusWrite 490 110% 488 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 55.7 184% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 356 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%
WDC WDBNCE2500PNC-WRSN 250GB 1,412 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 92GB free Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 196 196 194 193 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 482 Mixed 374 SusWrite 222 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 47.2 166% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 248 209% 304 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 21.3 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 36.1 SC Mixed 25.4 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 110%

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

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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	2,494x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,360x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	891x

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	424x

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	234x

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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