Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.7% 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 Drive	116% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	41.7 GB free of 48 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200721
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '22 at 23:46
Run Duration	358 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700K-$224 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 152 2-Core 293 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 578 8-Core 1,050 98% 814 Pts	64-Core 1,588 98% 1,588 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Nvidia(10DE 12FD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.7% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 107 Parallax 109 90% 108 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 98.9 Splatting 90.3 87% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 633GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 444 402 401 397 398 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 476 Mixed 382 SusWrite 415 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 86.1 4K Mixed 52.7 175% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 258 221% 324 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 126%
Kingston SA400S37960G 960GB 56,609 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 649GB free Firmware: SBFKK1C3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 449 451 456 458 458 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 411 Write 442 Mixed 23.6 SusWrite 428 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 12.7 4K Mixed 10.6 60% 16.6 MB/s	DQ Read 42.8 DQ Write 14.9 DQ Mixed 17.9 16% 25.2 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 102%
HP EX920 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$116 16,263 User benchmarks, average bench 267% 881GB free Firmware: 139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 824 897 960 968 971 972 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 2,036 Write 897 Mixed 867 SusWrite 932 262% 1183 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 50.4 172% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 803 DQ Write 716 DQ Mixed 716 549% 745 MB/s
Poor: 158% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 355%
HP EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$180 2,580 User benchmarks, average bench 300% 1.5TB free Firmware: SS0411B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1942 1958 1954 1953 1947 1944 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	341% Outstanding	Read 2,508 Write 1,953 Mixed 145 SusWrite 1,950 365% 1,639 MB/s	4K Read 59.9 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 78.5 263% 91.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,059 DQ Write 746 DQ Mixed 575 518% 794 MB/s
Poor: 194% ↑ This bench: 341% Great: 379%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL16G30C15U4R.M16FE1 3x16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 3 of 4 slots used 48GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 24.7 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 34.6 SC Mixed 25.3 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 95%

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Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

UFO

Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS - $299

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	1,061x
Core i5-10600KIntel $141Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	512x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	252x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	503x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	388x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	253x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	195x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	136x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	112x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	102x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	91x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	90x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $1,118

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16