Asus TUF Z390-PLUS GAMING (WI-FI)

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	150% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z390-PLUS GAMING (WI-FI) (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '21 at 03:49
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400F-$96 299,482 User benchmarks, average bench 85% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 77.3 1-Core 121 2-Core 236 80% 145 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 571 68% 523 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2951) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	27.1% Poor	Lighting 33.8 Reflection 37.1 Parallax 30.6 28% 33.8 fps	MRender 33.9 Gravity 33.7 Splatting 29.8 26% 32.5 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 512GB 20,736 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 547 522 437 384 362 337 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 846 Write 1270 Mixed 682 SusWrite 431 182% 807 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 47 154% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,133 DQ Write 744 DQ Mixed 794 631% 890 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 267%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 110GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 107 107 108 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 120 Write 119 Mixed 78 SusWrite 107 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D30CESTK.8FD 2x8GB 3,847 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	65.9% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 20.8 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 16.8 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 85.6 47% 85.6 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 107%

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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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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 132%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z390-PLUS GAMING (WI-FI)

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $259Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	1,873x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	1,492x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	1,395x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	516x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	507x
RTX 2060Nvidia $291Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	447x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	361x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	264x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	223x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	278x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	242x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	183x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $888

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	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 $515	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