Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 145% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 163% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	152% 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	329% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING (all builds)
Memory	50.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210415
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '21 at 13:24
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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-$449 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 82.6 1-Core 157 2-Core 316 99% 185 Pts	4-Core 589 8-Core 1,127 102% 858 Pts	64-Core 2,128 132% 2,128 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Zotac(19DA 1503) CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	152% Outstanding	Lighting 202 Reflection 202 Parallax 223 165% 209 fps	MRender 252 Gravity 212 Splatting 154 163% 206 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1564 1464 1493 1508 1501 1501 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	329% Outstanding	Read 2,602 Write 2416 Mixed 1,841 SusWrite 1,505 469% 2,091 MB/s	4K Read 60.2 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 83.5 276% 97 MB/s	DQ Read 1,193 DQ Write 903 DQ Mixed 1,073 795% 1,056 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 329% Great: 435%
Samsung 870 QVO 4TB-$279 10,028 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 3TB free Firmware: SVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 489 488 488 488 488 488 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 486 Mixed 448 SusWrite 488 109% 484 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 53 176% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 353 266% 357 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB 6,447 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 25.1 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 34.5 SC Mixed 25.3 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 136%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	144	37.5"	1280 720	DELA17F Dell AW3821DW

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Gaming 178%

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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 $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	552x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	363x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	296x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	276x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	256x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $630Bench 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 $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	97x
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)WD $74Bench 277%, 114,373 samples	94x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	70x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	67x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	66x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,355

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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