Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 98.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	50.7% 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)
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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 28 '21 at 01:23
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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-$220 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Memory 83.9 1-Core 141 2-Core 301 94% 175 Pts	4-Core 604 8-Core 1,070 101% 837 Pts	64-Core 1,632 101% 1,632 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Zotac(19DA 4438) 3GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.7% Above average	Lighting 61.7 Reflection 63.1 Parallax 59.3 50% 61.4 fps	MRender 66.9 Gravity 64.4 Splatting 59.5 52% 63.6 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4L7QCXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,895 Write 1,256 Mixed 1,010 306% 1,387 MB/s	4K Read 54.7 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 73 249% 88.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,302 DQ Write 1,072 DQ Mixed 1,070 833% 1,148 MB/s
Poor: 106% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 191GB free Firmware: CC63 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 126 123 127 127 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 162 Write 151 Mixed 75.4 SusWrite 125 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 130% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 106GB free Firmware: CC63 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 116 115 117 117 118 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Read 168 Write 166 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 117 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix.lnc HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.4% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 11.2 38% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 14.5 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 83%

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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 177%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	554x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	365x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	297x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	276x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	257x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	109x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	144x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $154Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	98x
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)WD $74Bench 277%, 114,373 samples	95x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $115Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	70x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	67x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	67x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,342

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16