Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 168% UFO	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 162% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	161% 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	293% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180814
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '18 at 04:09
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$252 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 154 2-Core 306 102% 186 Pts	4-Core 598 8-Core 1,193 106% 896 Pts	64-Core 1,174 73% 1,174 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 8667) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	161% Outstanding	Lighting 225 Reflection 231 Parallax 247 183% 234 fps	MRender 262 Gravity 221 Splatting 138 162% 207 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 212GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 756 601 607 597 599 612 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	293% Outstanding	Read 2,288 Write 2,064 Mixed 1,184 SusWrite 629 343% 1,541 MB/s	4K Read 64.3 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 83.6 279% 96.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,869 DQ Write 1,591 DQ Mixed 1,679 1,272% 1,713 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 293% Great: 340%
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$85 16,039 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 931GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 473 474 470 472 466 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 420 Mixed 368 SusWrite 465 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 57 206% 77.2 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 278 229% 328 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 14,957 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 28 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 30.8 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 47.1 85% 47.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%

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

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Gaming 144%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 132%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-A - $175

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,167x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,194x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,125x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,960x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,603x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,557x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,322x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,122x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,269x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	931x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	930x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $978

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 $178	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