Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.8% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20200721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '21 at 10:41
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10400F-$99 153,026 User benchmarks, average bench 85% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 239 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 776 74% 614 Pts	64-Core 986 61% 986 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 877E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.4% Very good	Lighting 88.4 Reflection 113 Parallax 74.2 72% 92 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 79 Splatting 72 70% 88 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate BarraCuda Q1 SSD ZA480CV10001 480GB 2,539 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: STWSH012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 440 426 449 454 451 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 342 Write 318 Mixed 321 SusWrite 443 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 34.1 124% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 169 156% 236 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 97%
Samsung HN-M101MBB 1TB-$45 3,466 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 790GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 96 98 97 98 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 93.5 Write 46.1 Mixed 53.6 SusWrite 95.8 53% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 1,045 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 26.2 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 42.8 SC Mixed 28.3 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 122%

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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 142%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS - $299

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	1,054x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	508x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	248x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	494x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	385x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	251x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	193x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	134x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	111x

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 $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	90x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,030

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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