Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 123% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% 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	169% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210708
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '21 at 14:46
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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-$220 198,859 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 83.7 1-Core 150 2-Core 304 96% 179 Pts	4-Core 575 8-Core 1,023 96% 799 Pts	64-Core 1607 100% 1607 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Asus(1043 8834) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	130% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 209 Parallax 157 150% 183 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 131 Splatting 113 112% 141 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 136%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
T-force TM8FP5512G 512GB 567 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 336GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 524 517 521 532 523 526 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	169% Outstanding	Read 1,309 Write 2068 Mixed 1,320 SusWrite 524 295% 1,305 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 43.1 189% 75.5 MB/s	DQ Read 730 DQ Write 532 DQ Mixed 566 441% 610 MB/s
Poor: 169% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 304%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C16 1x16GB 301 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.8% Below average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 10.4 37% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 12.6 SC Mixed 11.3 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 57%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	1,059x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	508x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	250x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	500x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	386x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	251x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 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 $152Bench 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

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,016

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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16