Asus TUF Z390-PLUS GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	207% 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	32GB 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 Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z390-PLUS GAMING (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20191024
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '22 at 13:37
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900KF-$292 50,265 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 225 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 899 81% 685 Pts	64-Core 1,381 86% 1,381 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33% Below average	Lighting 42.3 Reflection 44.1 Parallax 39.5 34% 42 fps	MRender 37.2 Gravity 39.7 Splatting 34.4 30% 37.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 315GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 618 860 879 887 862 879 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,388 Write 855 Mixed 847 SusWrite 831 219% 980 MB/s	4K Read 54.3 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 68.3 242% 86.2 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 830 DQ Mixed 220 272% 465 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 242%
SH00R480GB 480GB 1,405 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 317GB free Firmware: S0110A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 425 432 432 134 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 490 Write 411 Mixed 359 SusWrite 304 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 25.6 119% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 41.3 82% 158 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 93%
Sandisk S-1T00 1TB 8,421 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 656GB free Firmware: 411040RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 454 461 460 454 460 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 467 Mixed 325 SusWrite 438 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 42.1 142% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 151 167% 282 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 120%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 397GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 66 65 65 67 67 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 81.1 Write 71.1 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 65.4 53% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2187 MHz Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 21.8 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 23.1 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 106%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z390-PLUS GAMING

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $249Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	881x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	545x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	470x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	284x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	243x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	202x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	131x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	88x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	131x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	108x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	74x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $554

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

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