Asus PRIME Z490M-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 99.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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.
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210114
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '21 at 21:15
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900-$275 11,130 User benchmarks, average bench 94% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Memory 88.1 1-Core 150 2-Core 303 98% 180 Pts	4-Core 591 8-Core 1,168 104% 880 Pts	64-Core 1,976 122% 1,976 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 102%

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. 27.20.100.8280 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	6.32% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 10.4 Parallax 9 5% 8.5 fps	MRender 12.2 Gravity 7.8 Splatting 12.3 9% 10.8 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.32% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS2280P4 512GB 1,532 User benchmarks, average bench 189% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: V1.0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,117 Write 986 Mixed 759 212% 954 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 34.5 149% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 603 DQ Mixed 59.9 154% 314 MB/s
Poor: 107% Great: 261%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 674GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 43 43 43 43 43 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	21.8% Poor	Read 42.3 Write 40.3 Mixed 35.6 SusWrite 43 55% 40.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS824A.C8FP CT8G4DFS824A.C8FE 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	74.9% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 20.9 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 23.4 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	269x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	202x
Core i7-10700Intel $232Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	152x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	157x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	105x
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	52x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	37x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $776

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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