Asus PRIME Z590-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 99.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	409% 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	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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z590-A (all builds)
Memory	22.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210708
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '21 at 09:01
Run Duration	372 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-11700K-$233 65,651 User benchmarks, average bench 101% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Memory 82 1-Core 176 2-Core 335 105% 198 Pts	4-Core 630 8-Core 1,060 103% 845 Pts	64-Core 1,655 102% 1,655 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 110%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 750 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.101.1191 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 8.7 Reflection 53.2 Parallax 10.5 7% 24.1 fps	Splatting 1 1% 1 fps
Poor: 5% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$106 276,089 User benchmarks, average bench 394% 734GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 3119 3197 3205 2434 1554 1549 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	409% Outstanding	Read 2,576 Write 3,011 Mixed 2,759 SusWrite 2,510 614% 2,714 MB/s	4K Read 74.2 4K Write 185 4K Mixed 103 343% 121 MB/s	DQ Read 1,205 DQ Write 870 DQ Mixed 1,014 764% 1,030 MB/s
Poor: 274% ↑ This bench: 409% Great: 488%
Crucial P5 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$69 17,082 User benchmarks, average bench 256% 387GB free Firmware: P4CR324 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1912 2028 1988 1965 1963 1971 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 765 Write 149 Mixed 1,431 SusWrite 1,971 246% 1,079 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 55.8 181% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 892 DQ Write 943 DQ Mixed 1045 751% 960 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 332%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 233GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 471 470 469 468 469 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 463 Mixed 430 SusWrite 469 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 56.4 179% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 341 256% 343 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 573GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 471 471 470 468 470 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 448 Mixed 424 SusWrite 469 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 54.4 179% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 343 258% 345 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%
Netac 2TB 2TB 257 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 121GB free Firmware: T0910A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 425 427 424 423 427 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 498 Write 422 Mixed 387 SusWrite 427 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 70.8 4K Mixed 25.4 109% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 47.2 87% 168 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 105%
ST16000NM001G-2K 16TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 11.5TB free Firmware: SN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 244 246 250 253 245 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 232 Write 222 Mixed 196 SusWrite 244 50% 224 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 15.8 4K Mixed 1.4 77% 20.4 MB/s	DQ Read 10 DQ Write 9.5 DQ Mixed 2.1 4% 7.2 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 45%
WD WD80EDAZ-11TA3A0 8TB 623 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 800GB free Firmware: 0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 114 115 119 116 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 114 Write 120 Mixed 82.7 SusWrite 115 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 1.7 430% 3.53 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 311GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 176 175 177 175 174 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 86.6 Write 137 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 173 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.7 234% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 90%
WD WD140EDFZ-11A0VA 14TB 528 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 542GB free Firmware: 0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 147 145 146 141 142 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 55% Great: 116%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3200 2x16GB 12,742 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	84.6% Excellent	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 26.6 86% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 25.3 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 110%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z590-A

CPU
Core i7-11700KIntel $233Bench 101%, 65,651 samples	2,247x
Core i9-11900KIntel $258Bench 103%, 44,319 samples	976x
Core i5-11600KIntel $180Bench 99%, 43,966 samples	737x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	695x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	653x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	588x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $106Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	644x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	442x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	336x

RAM
CMH32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 94%, 38,830 samples	217x
CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 85%, 54,117 samples	209x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	209x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $622

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16