Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 113%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 105%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics125% 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 Drive352% 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.
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.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z390-A  (all builds)
Memory11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180814
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJan 13 '19 at 04:43
Run Duration205 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing above expectations (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-9700K-$263
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
89.8% Excellent
Memory 92.5
1-Core 117
2-Core 234
84% 148 Pts
4-Core 468
8-Core 888
81% 678 Pts
64-Core 919
57% 919 Pts
Poor: 82%
This bench: 89.8%
Great: 105%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35
Performing below potential (59th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
125% Outstanding
Lighting 173
Reflection 190
Parallax 172
141% 179 fps
MRender 122
Gravity 172
Splatting 121
112% 139 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 125%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$249
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2234 2228 2357 1764 1154 1156 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
352% Outstanding
Read 2,454
Write 2,358
Mixed 1,380
SusWrite 1,815
449% 2,002 MB/s
4K Read 53.3
4K Write 169
4K Mixed 80.6
274% 101 MB/s
DQ Read 1,422
DQ Write 1,215
DQ Mixed 1,306
982% 1,314 MB/s
Poor: 195%
This bench: 352%
Great: 371%
PNY CS2211 480GB-$70
447GB free
Firmware: CS221016
SusWrite @10s intervals: 489 490 490 489 490 486 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
116% Outstanding
Read 501
Write 475
Mixed 363
SusWrite 489
103% 457 MB/s
4K Read 32.9
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 43.4
165% 62.8 MB/s
DQ Read 368
DQ Write 346
DQ Mixed 189
188% 301 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 116%
Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 154 154 154 154 154 MB/s
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
97% Outstanding
Read 186
Write 157
Mixed 83.8
SusWrite 153
106% 145 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.9
159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 97%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
72.3% Very good
MC Read 28.8
MC Write 28.5
MC Mixed 21
75% 26.1 GB/s
SC Read 15.8
SC Write 19
SC Mixed 20.2
52% 18.3 GB/s
Latency 63.2
63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 72.3%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z390-A Builds (Compare 26,430 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 144%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 132%
UFO

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-A - $175

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $1,075
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