Asus PRIME Z490-A

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	174% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

5 months ago, 4 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A (all builds)
Memory	55.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20221227
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '23 at 07:45
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th 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-$224 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 76.6 1-Core 147 2-Core 290 92% 171 Pts	4-Core 578 8-Core 1,082 99% 830 Pts	64-Core 1,497 93% 1,497 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$296 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 8732) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 546.17 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 134 Parallax 116 101% 125 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 102 Splatting 97 90% 113 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 97%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR021 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 113 116 118 118 118 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 1,615 Write 1,473 Mixed 1,148 SusWrite 119 242% 1,089 MB/s	4K Read 52.3 4K Write 99.4 4K Mixed 65.6 216% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 919 DQ Write 664 DQ Mixed 312 363% 632 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 295%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3600C16-16GVKC F4-3600C16-16GVKC 8A45 CL16-18-18 D4-3000 8A45 CL16-18-18 D4-3000 64GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	68.7% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 21.8 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 21.2 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 86.3 46% 86.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 69%

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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: 0P 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	46	12	60	23.8"	1280 720	DELA1B8 DELL U2422H

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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 $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	2,510x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	1,363x
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	898x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $490Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,012x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	850x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	426x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	591x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	441x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	273x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	301x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	241x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	236x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $1,194

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16