Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 138% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 150% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 99.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	139% 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.
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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '21 at 09:32
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10850K-$286 84,873 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Memory 83.7 1-Core 160 2-Core 309 99% 184 Pts	4-Core 616 8-Core 1,240 109% 928 Pts	64-Core 1,875 116% 1,875 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Asus(1043 8712) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Lighting 192 Reflection 186 Parallax 192 156% 190 fps	MRender 207 Gravity 164 Splatting 135 134% 169 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2016) 20,831 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.9 33 39 35 32 38 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 34% Great: 70%
WDC WD8001FZBX-00ASYA0 8TB 1,209 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 246 254 247 247 253 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	28.3% Poor	Read 249 Write 254 Mixed 115 SusWrite 249 49% 217 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 10.8 4K Mixed 1.4 10% 4.6 MB/s	DQ Read 4.4 DQ Write 6.8 DQ Mixed 6.6 5% 5.93 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 28%
WDS100T3XHC-00SJG0 1TB 15,624 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 748GB free Firmware: 102000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1915 1524 1521 1520 1524 1527 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	297% Outstanding	Read 2,030 Write 2,261 Mixed 1,723 SusWrite 1,589 428% 1,901 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 67.4 234% 87.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,332 DQ Write 746 DQ Mixed 1,015 761% 1,031 MB/s
Poor: 194% ↑ This bench: 297% Great: 334%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 160 159 162 162 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 185 Mixed 29.9 SusWrite 160 101% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$80 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.7% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 22.7 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 22.9 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 114%

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Gaming 178%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 177%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	553x
Core i9-10900KIntel $442Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	364x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	296x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	276x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	256x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	109x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	144x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	98x
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)WD $74Bench 277%, 114,373 samples	94x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	70x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	67x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	66x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $1,065

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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