Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 152% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 156% UFO


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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	152% 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	257% 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	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210106
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '21 at 18:27
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	6%

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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 i7-10700K-$236 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 155 2-Core 307 102% 186 Pts	4-Core 557 8-Core 1,047 96% 802 Pts	64-Core 1,662 103% 1,662 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.6% 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: 461.09 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	152% Outstanding	Lighting 226 Reflection 197 Parallax 189 185% 204 fps	MRender 203 Gravity 148 Splatting 131 128% 161 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 152% 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% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 478 423 426 423 424 415 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 2,533 Write 2,182 Mixed 1520 SusWrite 432 371% 1,667 MB/s	4K Read 59.7 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 81.1 272% 95.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,008 DQ Write 1,008 DQ Mixed 1,136 818% 1,050 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 302%
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$107 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 708GB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 488 483 488 488 486 485 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 478 Mixed 442 SusWrite 486 108% 478 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 50.9 169% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 356 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 119% 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 @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 41.1 MC Mixed 26.7 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 27 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 56 72% 56 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 120%

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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	1,056x
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	497x
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 $92Bench 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 $45Bench 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: $1,027

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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