Asus PRIME Z490M-PLUS

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics76.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive167% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z490M-PLUS  (all builds)
Memory23.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200528
Uptime14.4 Days
Run DateDec 08 '21 at 21:39
Run Duration158 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 63%
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 PC Performing as expected (46th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-10700-$232
LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
95.5% Outstanding
Memory 83.6
1-Core 146
2-Core 290
94% 173 Pts
4-Core 577
8-Core 918
92% 748 Pts
64-Core 1,555
96% 1,555 Pts
Poor: 75%
This bench: 95.5%
Great: 100%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71
Performing below potential (58th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
76.3% Very good
Lighting 96.9
Reflection 96.7
Parallax 97.4
79% 97 fps
MRender 99.3
Gravity 90.4
Splatting 76.1
71% 88.6 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 76.3%
Great: 81%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74
759GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 555 141 18 629 1219 1278 MB/s
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
167% Outstanding
Read 1,451
Write 1,375
Mixed 1,012
SusWrite 640
251% 1,120 MB/s
4K Read 49.6
4K Write 53.9
4K Mixed 53.1
172% 52.2 MB/s
DQ Read 626
DQ Write 104
DQ Mixed 197
188% 309 MB/s
Poor: 127%
This bench: 167%
Great: 255%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 4TB
3TB free
Firmware: D781
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 160 162 152 159 166 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
81.1% Excellent
Read 123
Write 139
Mixed 91.4
SusWrite 157
94% 128 MB/s
4K Read 5.2
4K Write 4.7
4K Mixed 0.6
370% 3.5 MB/s
Poor: 15%
This bench: 81.1%
Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50
868GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 158 150 145 141 155 MB/s
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
88.8% Excellent
Read 163
Write 104
Mixed 62.2
SusWrite 147
87% 119 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
39% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 88.8%
Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 4000 C18 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
71.7% Very good
MC Read 25.7
MC Write 28.2
MC Mixed 21.8
72% 25.2 GB/s
SC Read 15.6
SC Write 29.2
SC Mixed 23.2
65% 22.7 GB/s
Latency 74.2
54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 71%
This bench: 71.7%
Great: 131%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z490M-PLUS Builds (Compare 1,379 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 143%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 142%
UFO

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z490M-PLUS

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 100% - Outstanding Total price: $771
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