Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS (WI-FI)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.1% 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.

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

Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS (WI-FI) (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210106
Uptime	14.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '21 at 00:07
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	SYC-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10500-$140 10,180 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 98.1 2-Core 194 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 569 58% 471 Pts	64-Core 750 46% 750 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 85B1) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Lighting 65.8 Reflection 99.4 Parallax 61.5 54% 75.6 fps	MRender 65.9 Gravity 66.8 Splatting 63.3 53% 65.3 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$99 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 40 39 39 38 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 445 Write 426 Mixed 351 SusWrite 64.9 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 69.9 4K Mixed 38.8 139% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 230 206% 310 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 118%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 447GB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 101 88 106 107 106 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 170 Write 139 Mixed 78.4 SusWrite 102 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 96%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 607GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 136 138 139 139 138 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 153 Write 139 Mixed 90.6 SusWrite 138 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 85%
Seagate Backup+ Desk M 160GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 33GB free Firmware: 0406 SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 21 22 22 22 22 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	15.8% Very poor	Read 33 Write 32.8 Mixed 21.9 SusWrite 21.7 20% 27.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 16%
Hitachi HTS545025B9A300 250GB 8,875 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 73GB free Firmware: PB2OC60F SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 68 34 14 13 13 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	Read 79.4 Write 67.9 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 35.3 41% 55.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 45%
Hitachi HCS5C1010CLA382 1TB 161 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 489GB free, PID 1018 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 21 20 20 20 20 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 40.2 Write 34.3 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 20.6 41% 31.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G30C15U4WL.M8FE1 2x8GB 502 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 23.3 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 23.5 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 107%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 142%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS (WI-FI) - $201

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	1,664x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	513x
Core i5-10600KIntel $141Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	497x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	769x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	616x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	327x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	364x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	214x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	210x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	150x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $128Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	141x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	141x

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Value: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,041

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16