Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	254% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '20 at 05:25
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10850K-$279 84,873 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 86.5 1-Core 157 2-Core 302 99% 182 Pts	4-Core 580 8-Core 1,172 103% 876 Pts	64-Core 2,074 128% 2,074 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 71.9 Reflection 74 Parallax 68.4 59% 71.4 fps	Gravity 71.6 Splatting 67.3 61% 69.4 fps
Poor: 51% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk X300 2.5 7MM 128GB 378 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 38GB free Firmware: X3542012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 176 174 176 174 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 454 Mixed 305 SusWrite 184 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 43.3 156% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 221 184% 267 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 92%
Sandisk X300 2.5 7MM 128GB 378 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 9GB free Firmware: X3542012 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 492 Write 451 Mixed 302 92% 415 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 91.8 4K Mixed 42.8 155% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 207 180% 267 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 92%
Pcie SSD 1TB 40,637 User benchmarks, average bench 210% 438GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1643 1010 1015 1016 1017 974 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 1,387 Write 2,489 Mixed 1,527 SusWrite 1,113 369% 1,629 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 75.3 255% 97.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,202 DQ Write 1104 DQ Mixed 1263 917% 1,190 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 284%
Hitachi HTS545032B9A300 320GB-$59 15,217 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 227GB free Firmware: PB3OC64G SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 61 64 64 64 64 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 71.7 Write 66.1 Mixed 39.6 SusWrite 63.2 44% 60.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G32C16U4WL.M8FE 2x8GB 1,101 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.3% Very good	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 21.2 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 36.6 SC Mixed 24.6 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 111%

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Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z490-A - $330

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $230Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,504x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 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 $97Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,113

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 $40	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