Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97.2% 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	258% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	42.5 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '22 at 21:30
Run Duration	328 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900K-$440 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 80.7 1-Core 156 2-Core 310 97% 182 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 1,109 99% 836 Pts	64-Core 2,072 128% 2,072 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$279 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% EVGA(3842 3653) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.2% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 151 Parallax 107 102% 128 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 97.4 Splatting 92.1 88% 110 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme INTEL SSDPEKKW512G8 512GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 259GB free (System drive) Firmware: 004C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 835 572 556 557 545 574 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 2,348 Write 1,458 Mixed 1,248 SusWrite 606 314% 1,415 MB/s	4K Read 60.2 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 83.3 275% 96.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,044 DQ Write 795 DQ Mixed 909 683% 916 MB/s
Poor: 179% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 282%
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 387GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 389 398 399 384 390 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 479 Mixed 284 SusWrite 394 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 48.2 167% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 284 230% 326 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 117%
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS2754D117-488 240GB 1,955 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 217GB free Firmware: CS211101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 287 288 286 287 287 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 285 Mixed 286 SusWrite 287 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 38.6 138% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 176 158% 237 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 852GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 172 176 178 177 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 176 Mixed 95.5 SusWrite 176 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 391GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 160 157 159 157 162 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 146 Write 105 Mixed 83.3 SusWrite 157 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 112%
Multi-Reader -1 128GB 248 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 109GB free, PID 6368 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 115 115 114 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 128 Write 111 Mixed 71.4 SusWrite 114 140% 106 MB/s	4K Read 13.9 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 5.1 337% 7.43 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK32GX4M2A2400C16 Adata DDR4 3000 2OZ CMK32GX4M2A2400C16 Adata DDR4 3000 2OZ 48GB 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.4% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 22.7 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 33.2 SC Mixed 24.6 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns

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Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

UFO

Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z490-A - $330

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,502x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,361x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	892x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,012x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	848x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	424x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	588x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	440x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	272x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	299x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	238x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	234x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,117

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $178	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