Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.4% 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	210% 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.

Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210115
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '21 at 14:34
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	PAN-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10400-$130 71,804 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 780 75% 619 Pts	64-Core 1,010 62% 1,010 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 37D9) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 133 Parallax 114 96% 121 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 100 Splatting 96.7 89% 112 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 397GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 924 429 430 431 431 431 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 1544 Write 1,589 Mixed 1,139 SusWrite 513 268% 1,196 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 70.5 245% 91.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,071 DQ Write 768 DQ Mixed 934 694% 924 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 237%
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 71GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 139 138 219 143 136 MB/s Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	72.2% Very good	Read 239 Write 87.8 Mixed 226 SusWrite 165 40% 180 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 36 130% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 186 167% 249 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 85%
WDC WD20EZAZ-00GGJB0 2TB 47,517 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 156 157 156 159 158 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	19% Very poor	Read 180 Write 156 Mixed 90.4 SusWrite 157 33% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 8.2 4K Mixed 0.7 7% 3.33 MB/s	DQ Read 0.9 DQ Write 10.8 DQ Mixed 1.1 2% 4.27 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 23%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 428GB free Firmware: 13057113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 159 159 160 162 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 181 Mixed 102 SusWrite 160 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 232% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 35.7 MC Mixed 28 94% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 37.9 SC Mixed 26.7 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 91%

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Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS - $299

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	1,054x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	508x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	248x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	494x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	385x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	251x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	193x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	134x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	111x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	102x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	91x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	90x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,030

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