Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	75.9% 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	266% 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210106
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '21 at 21:46
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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-$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 as expected (47^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 86.3 1-Core 159 2-Core 306 99% 184 Pts	4-Core 566 8-Core 1,115 99% 841 Pts	64-Core 1,641 102% 1,641 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Asus(1043 87C1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3822 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.51 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.9% Very good	Lighting 71.2 Reflection 152 Parallax 207 58% 144 fps	MRender 214 Gravity 159 Splatting 64.8 110% 146 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1193 398 402 402 400 399 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 2,537 Write 2,258 Mixed 1,475 SusWrite 532 379% 1,701 MB/s	4K Read 62 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 83.8 278% 97 MB/s	DQ Read 1,009 DQ Write 1,051 DQ Mixed 1,160 836% 1,073 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 302%
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$106 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 877GB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 487 487 486 487 487 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 485 Mixed 443 SusWrite 487 109% 482 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 51.8 174% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 352 265% 355 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$41 87,344 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.6% Good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 19.3 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 21.1 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 120%

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

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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	1,056x
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	496x
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	194x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	135x
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 $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	91x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	90x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,030

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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