Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS (WI-FI)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	87.7% 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	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.

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Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS (WI-FI) (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210106
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	May 21 '21 at 01:11
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10500-$140 10,180 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 95.5 1-Core 87.5 2-Core 179 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 557 54% 446 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 85B1) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Lighting 66.7 Reflection 102 Parallax 64.1 54% 77.7 fps	MRender 67.3 Gravity 68.9 Splatting 64.5 55% 66.9 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 45 34 32 31 32 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 474 Write 468 Mixed 372 SusWrite 57.8 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 78 4K Mixed 46.6 159% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 228 206% 313 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 118%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB 6,400 User benchmarks, average bench 159% 346GB free Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 203 209 201 214 229 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 79.6 Write 122 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 204 79% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.1 73% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 236%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 573GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 142 144 143 142 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 105 Write 107 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 143 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 85%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 97 99 99 94 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 150 Write 129 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 97.6 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 96%
Hitachi HTS545025B9A300 250GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 136GB free, PID 1018 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 38 38 39 39 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	17.8% Very poor	Read 40.9 Write 38.7 Mixed 21.9 SusWrite 38.5 47% 35 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 59% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G30C15U4WL.M8FE1 2x8GB 502 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 35.5 MC Mixed 25.3 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 36.1 SC Mixed 26.3 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 107%

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Typical TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS (WI-FI) Builds (Compare 5,214 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS (WI-FI) - $195

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	1,649x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	509x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	490x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	763x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	610x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	324x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	358x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	212x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	208x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	150x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	141x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	140x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $948

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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