Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 17%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 15%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics12.1% 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 Drive21.1% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS  (all builds)
Memory11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20210115
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateMay 27 '21 at 06:43
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing as expected (41st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i3-10100-$94
LGA1200, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
85.9% Excellent
Memory 83.8
1-Core 133
2-Core 264
88% 160 Pts
4-Core 474
8-Core 724
74% 599 Pts
64-Core 718
44% 718 Pts
Poor: 65%
This bench: 85.9%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030
PNY(196E 11C8) 2GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 525 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
12.1% Very poor
Lighting 15.7
Reflection 10.4
Parallax 14.9
13% 13.7 fps
MRender 5.8
Gravity 17
Splatting 15.5
11% 12.8 fps
Poor: 11%
This bench: 12.1%
Great: 15%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WDC WD40EZAZ-19SF3B0 4TB
3.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 165 179 179 176 179 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
21.1% Poor
Read 161
Write 180
Mixed 81.8
SusWrite 173
34% 149 MB/s
4K Read 4.4
4K Write 10.3
4K Mixed 1
13% 5.23 MB/s
DQ Read 1
DQ Write 13.7
DQ Mixed 0.8
3% 5.17 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 21.1%
Great: 38%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (23rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
71% Very good
MC Read 27.9
MC Write 27.2
MC Mixed 20
72% 25 GB/s
SC Read 15.6
SC Write 28.3
SC Mixed 22.6
63% 22.2 GB/s
Latency 73.8
54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 71%
Great: 103%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS Builds (Compare 3,522 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 143%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 142%
UFO

Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS - $299

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $1,025
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