Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 133% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 111%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	108% 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 Drive	76.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '21 at 23:56
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900KF-$255 21,040 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 171 2-Core 342 109% 203 Pts	4-Core 681 8-Core 1,327 119% 1,004 Pts	64-Core 2,194 136% 2,194 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Asus(1043 8708) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	108% Outstanding	Lighting 157 Reflection 151 Parallax 152 128% 153 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 131 Splatting 0.1 74% 104 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO 500GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0813A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 9.6 8.5 77 438 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 453 Write 434 Mixed 362 SusWrite 141 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 30.5 131% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 47.7 90% 175 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 115%
Spcc Solid State Disk 500GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 466GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 472 475 474 437 363 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 487 Mixed 428 SusWrite 447 106% 469 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 59.6 201% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 349 262% 349 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$63 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 180 181 179 183 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 151 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 180 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 87% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 474 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 29.2 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 45.7 SC Mixed 30.3 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 56 72% 56 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 111%

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

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z490-A - $225

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,551x
Core i9-10850KIntel $249Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,376x
Core i9-10900KIntel $432Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	908x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,031x
RTX 3080Nvidia $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	860x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	428x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	595x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	448x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 275%, 495,311 samples	274x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	304x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	244x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $110Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	237x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,097

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