Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	4.6% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	259% 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	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	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	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200721
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '24 at 12:33
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10850K-$279 84,873 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 152 2-Core 298 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 594 8-Core 1,160 104% 877 Pts	64-Core 1979 122% 1979 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 39,219 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 31.0.101.2111 Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	4.6% Terrible	Lighting 6 Reflection 10 Parallax 7.6 5% 7.87 fps	MRender 10 Gravity 6.8 Splatting 0.2 4% 5.67 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.6% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8500G 500GB 87,883 User benchmarks, average bench 197% 294GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1580 1560 1528 1416 1070 544 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 1,632 Write 1,598 Mixed 1,246 SusWrite 1,283 324% 1,439 MB/s	4K Read 57.5 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 75.1 254% 88.6 MB/s	DQ Read 774 DQ Write 868 DQ Mixed 350 394% 664 MB/s
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 277%
WD Purple Surveillance 4TB (2017)-$73 8,846 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 150 148 146 148 146 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 159 Write 156 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 148 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 1x16GB 779 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 13.4 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 19.2 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 67%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	69	57	60	23.5"	1920 1017	AOC2401 24G1WG4

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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 - $299

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	1,061x
Core i5-10600KIntel $154Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	510x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	250x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	502x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	388x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	252x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	194x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	136x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	112x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	102x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	91x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	90x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $1,130

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 $45	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