Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	98.9% 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	30.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '21 at 03:26
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way below expectations (19^th 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-$144 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 way below expectations (1^st percentile)	64.7% Good	Memory 60.9 1-Core 107 2-Core 281 76% 150 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 863 70% 614 Pts	64-Core 1,176 73% 1,176 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4009) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.9% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 112 Parallax 124 97% 118 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 113 Splatting 106 103% 130 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Microsoft Storage Space Device 498GB 3,312 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 282GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 835 910 786 619 391 426 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 67% Great: 126%
Sandisk PLUS 120GB 16,974 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE5000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 5.6 41 29 63 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	30.5% Below average	Read 344 Write 252 Mixed 63.1 SusWrite 61.6 40% 180 MB/s	4K Read 9 4K Write 17.3 4K Mixed 7.3 32% 11.2 MB/s	DQ Read 69.6 DQ Write 78.9 DQ Mixed 41.6 40% 63.4 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 55%
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 232GB free Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 220 219 222 219 219 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 278 Write 298 Mixed 257 SusWrite 227 60% 265 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 44.5 4K Mixed 21.9 77% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 164 173% 287 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB 35,395 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	84.3% Excellent	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 25.8 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 30 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 125 32% 125 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 112%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	6	240	24.1"	1280 720	SAM100A LC27RG50

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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	552x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	363x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	296x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 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 $92Bench 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: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,352

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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