Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	81.2% 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	150% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '21 at 22:48
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 151 2-Core 301 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 588 8-Core 1,033 98% 811 Pts	64-Core 1,636 101% 1,636 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.2% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 107 Parallax 98.3 83% 102 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 98.2 Splatting 94.1 78% 95.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Force MP600 500GB 13,280 User benchmarks, average bench 261% 243GB free (System drive) Firmware: EGFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 695 497 504 501 500 500 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 866 Write 1,778 Mixed 474 SusWrite 533 206% 913 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 45.2 165% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 960 DQ Write 495 DQ Mixed 650 504% 702 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 374%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 70GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,526 Write 2,374 Mixed 1,636 484% 2,178 MB/s	4K Read 61.8 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 85.6 282% 98.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,222 DQ Write 756 DQ Mixed 1005 745% 994 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C14 2x8GB 1,565 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	89.6% Excellent	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 24.6 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 35.5 SC Mixed 28 79% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 108%

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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	2,491x
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 $854Bench 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