Asus PRIME Z590-A

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 24% Surfboard


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	479% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z590-A (all builds)
Memory	124.2 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20211027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '22 at 05:54
Run Duration	275 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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 i7-11700K-$270 65,651 User benchmarks, average bench 101% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 85.3 1-Core 129 2-Core 257 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 1,022 89% 758 Pts	64-Core 1,018 63% 1,018 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 110%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 85F4) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Lighting 18.1 Reflection 18.3 Parallax 18.7 15% 18.4 fps	MRender 15.6 Gravity 19.4 Splatting 17.2 14% 17.4 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$168 138,083 User benchmarks, average bench 416% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2787 3236 3310 3321 3315 3311 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	479% Outstanding	Read 2,704 Write 3,314 Mixed 3,016 SusWrite 3,213 694% 3,062 MB/s	4K Read 79.5 4K Write 201 4K Mixed 112 370% 131 MB/s	DQ Read 1477 DQ Write 1201 DQ Mixed 1,351 1,008% 1,343 MB/s
Poor: 283% ↑ This bench: 479% Great: 526%
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$88 58,572 User benchmarks, average bench 341% 402GB free Firmware: 4B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2397 2401 2397 2401 1919 659 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	392% Outstanding	Read 2,560 Write 2,412 Mixed 2,305 SusWrite 2029 524% 2,326 MB/s	4K Read 72.6 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 100 331% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1,541 DQ Write 1,288 DQ Mixed 1,432 1,068% 1420 MB/s
Poor: 206% ↑ This bench: 392% Great: 442%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 161 166 166 165 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 124 Write 150 Mixed 138 SusWrite 161 106% 143 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.7 387% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX CMK64GX4M2E3200C16 4x31.8GB 1,913 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 127GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 42.2 MC Write 42.4 MC Mixed 40 119% 41.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 35.6 SC Mixed 27.3 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 149%

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

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z590-A

CPU
Core i7-11700KIntel $270Bench 101%, 65,651 samples	2,236x
Core i9-11900KIntel $265Bench 103%, 44,319 samples	973x
Core i5-11600KIntel $180Bench 99%, 43,966 samples	734x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	689x
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	641x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	438x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	333x

RAM
CMH32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 94%, 38,830 samples	216x
CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 85%, 54,117 samples	209x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	208x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $650

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