Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS (WI-FI)

Performance Results


Gaming 177% UFO	Desktop 110% UFO	Workstation 179% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 114%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	157% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	145% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS (WI-FI) (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '22 at 17:11
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-11900K-$258 44,319 User benchmarks, average bench 103% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 5.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 179 2-Core 359 112% 211 Pts	4-Core 716 8-Core 1,267 120% 991 Pts	64-Core 1,743 108% 1,743 Pts
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6800-$759 18,552 User benchmarks, average bench 143% AMD(1002 0E3A) ≥ 4GB Ram: 16GB, Driver: 22.5.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Lighting 194 Reflection 187 Parallax 398 158% 259 fps	MRender 302 Gravity 207 Splatting 228 199% 246 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 153%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 993 155 150 147 146 137 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 1,169 Write 1,022 Mixed 570 SusWrite 288 170% 762 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 38.6 154% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,154 DQ Write 393 DQ Mixed 446 415% 664 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 283%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 126GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 140 135 106 215 149 MB/s Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	49% Average	Read 169 Write 108 Mixed 161 SusWrite 177 35% 154 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 50.7 4K Mixed 21.8 80% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 104 92% 137 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 100%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 605GB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 104 106 104 104 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 129 Write 106 Mixed 66.9 SusWrite 102 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 96%
WD WUH721414ALE604 14TB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 8.5TB free Firmware: LDGNW240 SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 231 228 223 235 230 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 224 Write 231 Mixed 122 SusWrite 230 148% 202 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 2.8 487% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 140%
Toshiba HDWF180 8TB 2,355 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 1TB free Firmware: GX0B SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 110 113 113 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 174 Write 176 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 112 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.8 216% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 133%
Hitachi HUS726060ALA640 6TB 601 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 460GB free Firmware: AHGNT1EN SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 108 109 108 109 110 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 90.6 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 109 63% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 4400 C19 Series 4x8GB 1,495 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4000 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	MC Read 52.1 MC Write 51.2 MC Mixed 39.7 136% 47.7 GB/s	SC Read 28.9 SC Write 49.9 SC Mixed 38.1 111% 39 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 146%

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Gaming 143%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS (WI-FI) - $201

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	1,659x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	510x
Core i5-10600KIntel $154Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	497x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $490Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	766x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	613x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	326x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	363x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	214x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	209x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	150x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	141x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	140x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $1,055

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16