Asus PRIME Z490M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	6.32% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	61.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200221
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '21 at 20:54
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10600K-$141 70,951 User benchmarks, average bench 92% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 155 2-Core 309 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 617 8-Core 973 98% 795 Pts	64-Core 1,098 68% 1,098 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 39,219 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	6.32% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 10.5 Parallax 9.1 5% 8.57 fps	MRender 12.3 Gravity 7.8 Splatting 12.2 9% 10.8 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.32% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ OCTANE 128GB 321 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 191 190 185 183 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 420 Write 198 Mixed 207 SusWrite 186 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 24.5 93% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 73.2 DQ Mixed 70.8 60% 89.6 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 60%
Crucial BX300 120GB-$80 7,190 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 97GB free Firmware: M2CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 87 84 128 227 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 351 Mixed 445 SusWrite 164 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 52.1 191% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 222 178% 243 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 115%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 472GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 79 77 78 82 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 99.3 Write 50 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 80.1 53% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 62%
ST950032 5AS 500GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 203GB free, PID 103e Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 39 40 40 40 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 40.4 Write 39.4 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 39.8 49% 36.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL16G32C16U4W.M16FE1 2x16GB 580 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2600 MHz clocked @ 3800 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	MC Read 46 MC Write 47.8 MC Mixed 35.9 124% 43.2 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 50.8 SC Mixed 32.3 92% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 119%

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

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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 Z490M-PLUS

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	270x
Core i5-10600KIntel $141Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	203x
Core i7-10700Intel $231Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	152x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	157x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	106x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 39,219 samples	93x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	66x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	53x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	37x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	52x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	50x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 90%, 54,651 samples	42x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $858

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16