Asus PRIME Z590-A

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	69.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	272% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z590-A (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210311
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '21 at 14:39
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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-$236 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 161 2-Core 322 105% 193 Pts	4-Core 617 8-Core 1167 106% 892 Pts	64-Core 1,630 101% 1,630 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% EVGA(3842 1067) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.6% Good	Lighting 91.7 Reflection 89.6 Parallax 77.8 75% 86.4 fps	MRender 65.2 Gravity 79.6 Splatting 72.8 60% 72.5 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 424GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1975 958 791 804 800 801 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	272% Outstanding	Read 2,395 Write 2,195 Mixed 1769 SusWrite 1,021 413% 1,845 MB/s	4K Read 52 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 64.1 218% 74.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,259 DQ Write 848 DQ Mixed 1,053 786% 1,053 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 272% Great: 355%
Seagate ST12000VN0008-2JH101 12TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 5.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 16 16 16 16 16 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	9.23% Terrible	Read 14.7 Write 15 Mixed 14.6 SusWrite 17.5 12% 15.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 17% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 9.23% Great: 107%
USB Flash Disk 32GB 218 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 22GB free, PID 2000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 8.6 8.3 8 8.2 7.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	4.22% Terrible	Read 13.6 Write 9.7 Mixed 13.9 SusWrite 8.8 15% 11.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 7% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.22% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 25.5 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 44.3 SC Mixed 25.8 86% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 110%

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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	9	7	60	31.5"	1280 720	VTK0315 GNV32DB-DP

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Desktop 106%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z590-A

CPU
Core i7-11700KIntel $250Bench 101%, 65,651 samples	2,232x
Core i9-11900KIntel $265Bench 103%, 44,319 samples	972x
Core i5-11600KIntel $180Bench 99%, 43,966 samples	734x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	689x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	652x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $630Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	588x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	640x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	438x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	333x

RAM
CMH32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 94%, 38,830 samples	215x
CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 85%, 54,117 samples	209x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	208x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $618

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