Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	4.91% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.7 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	Feb 01 '21 at 14:29
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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-$236 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 152 2-Core 304 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 608 8-Core 1,116 103% 862 Pts	64-Core 1,665 103% 1,665 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

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. 27.20.100.8681 Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	4.91% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 10.5 Parallax 9.2 5% 8.6 fps	MRender 12.3 Gravity 7.9 Splatting 0.1 5% 6.77 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.91% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS128GSSD230S 128GB 2,263 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0922GS SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 425 434 432 440 439 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 444 Mixed 402 SusWrite 429 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 86.4 4K Mixed 42.1 146% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 159 141% 205 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%
Acer Speedy SSD 240GB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 210GB free Firmware: S0424A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 434 434 433 435 434 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 418 Mixed 364 SusWrite 435 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 91 4K Mixed 19 115% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 22.2 73% 153 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 89%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 466GB free Firmware: P3CR021 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1055 1048 1048 1059 1052 1052 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 1,677 Write 1,073 Mixed 1,013 SusWrite 1,052 269% 1,204 MB/s	4K Read 60.3 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 76.5 264% 92.7 MB/s	DQ Read 612 DQ Write 1,058 DQ Mixed 259 359% 643 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 242%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 752GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 97 97 96 97 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 98 Write 93.2 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 97.2 62% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingmax GLNG43F-18---------- 2x8GB 177 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89% Excellent	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 23.3 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 40.1 SC Mixed 27.3 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 97%

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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	497x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	91x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	90x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,030

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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