Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 160% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 171% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	165% 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	196% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	20.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210415
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '22 at 22:08
Run Duration	320 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10850K-$286 84,873 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 89.9 1-Core 135 2-Core 289 93% 171 Pts	4-Core 564 8-Core 1,042 96% 803 Pts	64-Core 1,897 117% 1,897 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$499 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% MSI(1462 5052) ≥ 4GB; msi tro x CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4850 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Lighting 248 Reflection 214 Parallax 211 202% 224 fps	MRender 255 Gravity 159 Splatting 127 141% 180 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 353GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1492 817 523 321 318 326 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 1559 Write 1,703 Mixed 1,396 SusWrite 633 297% 1,323 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 58.5 191% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 956 DQ Write 620 DQ Mixed 783 585% 787 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 276%
Alertseal 960GB 1TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 316GB free Firmware: Q0526A SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 407 409 409 411 408 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 459 Mixed 396 SusWrite 396 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 81.6 4K Mixed 43.2 144% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 105 146% 268 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 354GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 185 184 182 183 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 146 Mixed 84.6 SusWrite 183 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 133 136 135 135 132 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 83.1 Write 112 Mixed 68.1 SusWrite 132 73% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 79% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 106%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 930GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 86 86 83 88 86 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 89.4 Write 67.3 Mixed 58.1 SusWrite 85.1 55% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 51%
Seagate ST3000DM003-1F216N 3TB 4,050 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 180 177 181 181 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 142 Mixed 74.4 SusWrite 178 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 Adata DDR4 3200 Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 Adata DDR4 3200 32GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 27.5 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 35.6 SC Mixed 24 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 100%

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Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z490-A - $330

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,502x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,361x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	892x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,012x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	848x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	424x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	588x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	440x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	272x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	299x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	238x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	234x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,117

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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