Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 138% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 142% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	154% 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.
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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING (all builds)
Memory	40.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201130
Uptime	6.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '22 at 22:19
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing below expectations (22^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-$442 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 81.1 1-Core 148 2-Core 291 94% 173 Pts	4-Core 564 8-Core 967 93% 766 Pts	64-Core 1599 99% 1599 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,306 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% Palit(1569 2204) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	154% Outstanding	Lighting 216 Reflection 238 Parallax 258 176% 238 fps	MRender 249 Gravity 186 Splatting 139 151% 191 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$82 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 32B3T8EA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1863 Write 1,175 Mixed 1,221 314% 1,420 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 64.3 208% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,010 DQ Write 511 DQ Mixed 366 377% 629 MB/s
Poor: 147% Great: 311%
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$104 276,089 User benchmarks, average bench 394% 114GB free Firmware: 3B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,105 Write 2,003 Mixed 1,899 447% 2,003 MB/s	4K Read 54.4 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 66.5 220% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 965 DQ Write 704 DQ Mixed 828 620% 832 MB/s
Poor: 274% Great: 488%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 657GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 161 162 164 164 164 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 182 Mixed 78.1 SusWrite 163 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 4x16GB 1,242 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 22.6 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 17.9 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 78.5 51% 78.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 132%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	553x
Core i9-10900KIntel $442Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	364x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	296x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	276x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	256x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	109x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	144x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	98x
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 $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	67x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	66x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $1,065

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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