Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 107%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 100%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 108%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 99.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive152% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z490-A  (all builds)
Memory25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200323
Uptime1.3 Days
Run DateFeb 28 '21 at 03:36
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-10700-$232
LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
99.1% Outstanding
Memory 89
1-Core 148
2-Core 296
97% 178 Pts
4-Core 586
8-Core 1,027
97% 806 Pts
64-Core 1,586
98% 1,586 Pts
Poor: 75%
This bench: 99.1%
Great: 100%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510
HP(103C 8702) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Lighting 129
Reflection 114
Parallax 131
105% 124 fps
MRender 185
Gravity 117
Splatting 105
107% 136 fps
Poor: 90%
This bench: 105%
Great: 106%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WDC WD BLACK SDBPNTY-256G-1106 256GB
176GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 440 447 424 461 465 MB/s
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
152% Outstanding
Read 1,086
Write 432
Mixed 555
SusWrite 451
140% 631 MB/s
4K Read 38.6
4K Write 129
4K Mixed 51.4
193% 73 MB/s
DQ Read 578
DQ Write 427
DQ Mixed 445
348% 483 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 152%
Great: 229%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30
747GB free
Firmware: MS2OA8L0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 182 182 185 185 186 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Read 191
Write 147
Mixed 35.7
SusWrite 183
100% 139 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
167% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 107%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HP32D4U8D8HC-16XR 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
96.8% Outstanding
MC Read 36.8
MC Write 38.3
MC Mixed 28.9
99% 34.7 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 43.4
SC Mixed 28.8
86% 30.1 GB/s
Latency 68.4
58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 87%
This bench: 96.8%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z490-A Builds (Compare 7,290 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 143%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 142%
UFO

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z490-A - $330

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $1,105
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