Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics73.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive282% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z390-A  (all builds)
Memory28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180814
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 15 '19 at 01:19
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing as expected (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-9900K-$410
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
87.1% Excellent
Memory 89.3
1-Core 115
2-Core 230
82% 145 Pts
4-Core 455
8-Core 888
80% 672 Pts
64-Core 1,265
78% 1,265 Pts
Poor: 89%
This bench: 87.1%
Great: 104%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia Quadro P4000
Nvidia(10DE 11A3) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1708 MHz, MLim: 1901 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.95
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
73.3% Very good
Lighting 89.4
Reflection 92.3
Parallax 90.1
73% 90.6 fps
MRender 89
Gravity 89.1
Splatting 92.4
74% 90.2 fps
Poor: 64%
This bench: 73.3%
Great: 70%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
423GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1930 620 624 591 546 613 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
282% Outstanding
Read 2,481
Write 2,208
Mixed 1,339
SusWrite 821
382% 1,712 MB/s
4K Read 63.4
4K Write 129
4K Mixed 81.5
269% 91.4 MB/s
DQ Read 1,219
DQ Write 965
DQ Mixed 1043
794% 1,076 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 282%
Great: 340%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB
5.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 236 238 247 228 240 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
130% Outstanding
Read 211
Write 213
Mixed 103
SusWrite 239
140% 192 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 7.5
4K Mixed 1.6
375% 3.5 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 130%
Great: 138%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 9905701-017.A00G 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
87.5% Excellent
MC Read 33.1
MC Write 33.6
MC Mixed 26.8
89% 31.2 GB/s
SC Read 18.6
SC Write 38.4
SC Mixed 24.2
77% 27.1 GB/s
Latency 68.1
59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 87.5%
Great: 93%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z390-A Builds (Compare 26,263 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: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $975
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