Asus TUF Z390-PLUS GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (4th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 96 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 extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 29.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	64.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z390-PLUS GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200706
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '21 at 20:42
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400F-$102 299,482 User benchmarks, average bench 85% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Relative performance (0^th percentile)	29.6% Poor	Memory 43.8 1-Core 23.6 2-Core 40.1 24% 35.8 Pts	4-Core 84.5 8-Core 122 13% 104 Pts	64-Core 94.8 6% 94.8 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	64.8% Good	Lighting 77.4 Reflection 85.4 Parallax 87.6 63% 83.5 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 77.8 Splatting 71.1 68% 85.3 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 224 247 241 247 244 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 356 Write 319 Mixed 290 SusWrite 236 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 33.7 4K Mixed 24.8 73% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 132 101% 137 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 97%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 411GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 241 274 263 281 279 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 416 Write 351 Mixed 351 SusWrite 261 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 42.1 4K Mixed 27 88% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 191 146% 199 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 129%

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 @ 3200 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	39.9% Below average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 16.2 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 5.2 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 5.3 19% 6.5 GB/s	Latency 185 22% 185 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 111%

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

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Gaming 114%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z390-PLUS GAMING

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	881x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	545x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	470x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	284x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	243x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	202x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	149x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	132x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	88x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	131x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	108x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	74x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $557

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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