Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	94.5% 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	5.5% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '21 at 08:43
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (27^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 as expected (56^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 89 1-Core 159 2-Core 316 101% 188 Pts	4-Core 606 8-Core 1,230 108% 918 Pts	64-Core 2151 133% 2151 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel UHD Graphics 630 39,219 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	2.58% Terrible	Lighting 4.8 Reflection 7.4 Parallax 6.6 4% 6.27 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 2.58% Great: 6%
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37C2) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.5% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 105 Parallax 129 91% 115 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 120 Splatting 91.3 100% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD20EZRZ-00Z5HB0 256GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM10.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 63 52 68 8.9 43 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	5.5% Terrible	Read 18.9 Write 342 Mixed 9 SusWrite 59.7 25% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 6.1 4K Mixed 0.3 4% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.5% Great: 105%
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$71 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 66GB free Firmware: R0918B SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 407 399 394 398 290 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 452 Mixed 414 SusWrite 391 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 93.3 4K Mixed 52 172% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 122 155% 277 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 127%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 90GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 81 82 80 81 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 156 Write 158 Mixed 99.7 SusWrite 81.2 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 226% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 109%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 91GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 97 97 95 96 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 85.7 Write 93.5 Mixed 61.7 SusWrite 96.1 62% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.8% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 17.8 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 20.8 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 95%

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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	2,504x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,362x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	895x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,012x
RTX 3080Nvidia $600Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	849x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	424x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $67Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	589x
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	239x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	235x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,089

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 $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