Asus PRIME Z490M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	67.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.9% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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, 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200221
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '21 at 21:26
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900K-$442 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 88.8 1-Core 160 2-Core 317 102% 189 Pts	4-Core 616 8-Core 1,142 105% 879 Pts	64-Core 2,145 133% 2,145 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

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: 461.40 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.9% Good	Lighting 84.6 Reflection 85.7 Parallax 78.5 69% 82.9 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 75.9 Splatting 67.7 66% 82.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 303GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR041 SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 449 455 418 148 163 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 499 Write 436 Mixed 407 SusWrite 342 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 93.1 4K Mixed 22.6 128% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 32 83% 171 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 92%
WD Purple Surveillance 4TB (2017)-$73 8,846 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 185 184 184 183 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 168 Mixed 91.7 SusWrite 184 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 196% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 113%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 3TB 3,868 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 2.5TB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 129 129 129 130 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 125 Write 122 Mixed 48.6 SusWrite 129 141% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 22.5 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 30.3 SC Mixed 22.3 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 114%

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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 PRIME Z490M-PLUS

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	268x
Core i5-10600KIntel $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples	202x
Core i7-10700Intel $233Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	152x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	157x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	105x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 39,219 samples	93x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	66x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	52x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	37x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	52x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	50x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 90%, 54,651 samples	42x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $776

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $45	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