Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	63.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	134% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '20 at 04:19
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700K-$220 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 151 2-Core 303 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 607 8-Core 1,159 105% 883 Pts	64-Core 1,645 102% 1,645 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% Sapphire(1DA2 E411) Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.12.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Lighting 117 Reflection 126 Parallax 156 96% 133 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate FireCuda 510 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB 1,901 User benchmarks, average bench 259% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: STES1021 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 977 807 801 807 788 787 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 359 Write 1,422 Mixed 509 SusWrite 828 179% 779 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 33.4 123% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,301 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 294 323% 578 MB/s
Poor: 136% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 385%
Seagate FireCuda 510 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB 1,901 User benchmarks, average bench 259% 1TB free Firmware: STES1021 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1719 912 775 838 879 911 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 1,281 Write 2,109 Mixed 1,400 SusWrite 1,006 328% 1,449 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 61.7 4K Mixed 40.5 136% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,371 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 223 295% 572 MB/s
Poor: 136% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 385%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 143 148 149 146 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Read 163 Write 145 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 147 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3733 C19 2x16GB 1,906 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3733 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 43.2 MC Write 44.3 MC Mixed 33 115% 40.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 48.7 SC Mixed 31.4 96% 33.6 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 130%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 177%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	555x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	365x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	297x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	276x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	257x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	109x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	144x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	98x
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)WD $74Bench 277%, 114,373 samples	95x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	70x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	67x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	67x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,339

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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16