Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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.
Graphics70.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive229% 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.
Memory48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS  (all builds)
Memory41.6 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200721
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 20 '21 at 03:50
Run Duration134 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (67th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-10700F-$180
LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
99.6% Outstanding
Memory 88.1
1-Core 148
2-Core 297
97% 178 Pts
4-Core 594
8-Core 1,102
101% 848 Pts
64-Core 1,627
101% 1,627 Pts
Poor: 79%
This bench: 99.6%
Great: 100%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143
Asus(1043 86CC) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 446.14
Performing below potential (74th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
70.1% Very good
Lighting 92.2
Reflection 90.8
Parallax 77.1
75% 86.7 fps
MRender 65.5
Gravity 81.8
Splatting 73.2
60% 73.5 fps
Poor: 62%
This bench: 70.1%
Great: 73%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8500G 500GB
376GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S5Z42105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1521 1000 657 531 537 520 MB/s
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
229% Outstanding
Read 1,545
Write 1591
Mixed 1,197
SusWrite 794
288% 1,282 MB/s
4K Read 55.3
4K Write 137
4K Mixed 77.3
256% 90 MB/s
DQ Read 755
DQ Write 1,004
DQ Mixed 368
421% 709 MB/s
Poor: 118%
This bench: 229%
Great: 277%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
884GB free
Firmware: 1001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 182 183 181 182 181 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 175
Write 179
Mixed 78.7
SusWrite 182
112% 154 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 102%
Great: 113%
ACASIS 320GB
118GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 63 63 62 65 65 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
41.1% Average
Read 79.3
Write 78.7
Mixed 26.7
SusWrite 63.7
45% 62.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.5
106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 41.1%
Great: 51%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 3x16GB
3 of 4 slots used
48GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
45.3% Average
MC Read 15.8
MC Write 15.9
MC Mixed 13
42% 14.9 GB/s
SC Read 13.9
SC Write 17
SC Mixed 15.8
44% 15.6 GB/s
Latency 69.4
58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 45.3%
Great: 102%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS Builds (Compare 3,514 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 143%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 142%
UFO

Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS - $299

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $1,011
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