Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	71.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210106
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '21 at 15:26
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900K-$410 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 161 2-Core 262 97% 172 Pts	4-Core 619 8-Core 1163 106% 891 Pts	64-Core 2,142 132% 2,142 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$200 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3792) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Lighting 94.7 Reflection 91.5 Parallax 80.2 77% 88.8 fps	MRender 65.7 Gravity 81.4 Splatting 72 60% 73 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 480GB-$42 17,946 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 360GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900KB3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 445 444 460 463 462 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 143 Write 99.9 Mixed 293 SusWrite 453 56% 247 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 35.2 124% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 172 159% 242 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 102%
Verbatim Vi500 S3 480GB SSD 747 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 447GB free Firmware: R1029A SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 315 211 212 210 215 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 472 Write 427 Mixed 334 SusWrite 265 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 25.7 123% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 34.5 71% 142 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 92%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 164 170 172 161 163 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 155 Mixed 37.8 SusWrite 166 94% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 108%
WD WD1600AAJS-61WAA0 500GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 165GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 93 84 89 94 95 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 96.3 Write 26.6 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 91.8 50% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.3 252% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 38% Great: 68%
ST316081 2AS 160GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 149GB free, PID 070c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 22 21 22 22 21 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Read 35.3 Write 21.1 Mixed 30.1 SusWrite 21.5 35% 27 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 67% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 18%
WD G HD252 External 250GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 232GB free, PID 1001 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 21 21 21 21 21 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	17% Very poor	Read 37.4 Write 27 Mixed 35.3 SusWrite 21.4 40% 30.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 108% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 54,651 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	93% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 27 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 40.9 SC Mixed 28.1 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 118%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS - $299

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	1,063x
Core i5-10600KIntel $141Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	512x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	252x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	503x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	388x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	254x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	195x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	136x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	112x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	102x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	91x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	91x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $1,109

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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