Asus TUF Z390-PRO GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 90%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics114% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (88%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus TUF Z390-PRO GAMING  (all builds)
Memory13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180831
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 20 '18 at 21:17
Run Duration139 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 88%
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 PC Performing as expected (58th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
81% Excellent
Memory 89.7
1-Core 134
2-Core 203
83% 142 Pts
4-Core 388
8-Core 776
69% 582 Pts
64-Core 1,123
70% 1,123 Pts
Poor: 76%
This bench: 81%
Great: 100%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
114% Outstanding
Lighting 153
Reflection 156
Parallax 145
124% 151 fps
MRender 119
Gravity 146
Splatting 115
103% 127 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 114%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
107GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 2,339
Write 1,890
Mixed 1,252
404% 1,827 MB/s
4K Read 55.7
4K Write 99.6
4K Mixed 60.3
214% 71.9 MB/s
DQ Read 568
DQ Write 504
DQ Mixed 674
468% 582 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Seagate ST4000NM0033 4TB
546GB free
Firmware: NS01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 109 112 112 110 110 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
63.3% Good
Read 110
Write 103
Mixed 60
SusWrite 110
70% 95.9 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
210% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 57%
This bench: 63.3%
Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63
605GB free
Firmware: CC27
SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 186 184 187 186 187 MB/s
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
104% Outstanding
Read 178
Write 143
Mixed 84.9
SusWrite 184
108% 148 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 104%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
85.3% Excellent
MC Read 31.9
MC Write 32.1
MC Mixed 26.4
86% 30.1 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 34.8
SC Mixed 27.5
78% 27.2 GB/s
Latency 67.6
59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 85.3%
Great: 89%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical TUF Z390-PRO GAMING Builds (Compare 2,667 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 114%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 105%
UFO

Motherboard: Asus TUF Z390-PRO GAMING - $275

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 121% - Outstanding Total price: $850
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