Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.32% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '20 at 20:34
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10600-$144 7,605 User benchmarks, average bench 90% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 148 2-Core 295 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 928 88% 728 Pts	64-Core 1,185 73% 1,185 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 37,718 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8280 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.32% Terrible	Lighting 7.07 Reflection 12 Parallax 8.81 6% 9.29 fps	MRender 12.7 Gravity 7.23 Splatting 16.5 10% 12.2 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.32% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,448 Write 1,720 Mixed 1,385 409% 1851 MB/s	4K Read 60.4 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 80.8 274% 96.8 MB/s	DQ Read 978 DQ Write 820 DQ Mixed 1,016 729% 938 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 302%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 95 96 97 97 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 85.9 Write 97.2 Mixed 67.2 SusWrite 95.3 64% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 839GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 136 129 136 140 141 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 51 Write 68.2 Mixed 65.1 SusWrite 129 58% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.5 185% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 479GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 145 155 157 158 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 118 Write 124 Mixed 61.1 SusWrite 144 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.6 226% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 24 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 26.5 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 111%

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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	1,056x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	508x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	248x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	496x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	385x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	251x

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	135x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	111x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	102x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	91x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	90x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,030

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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