Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 139% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 135% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	129% 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	258% 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, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '19 at 17:20
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$275 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 161 2-Core 318 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 636 8-Core 1,229 111% 932 Pts	64-Core 1,263 78% 1,263 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 12A6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 171 Parallax 167 144% 172 fps	MRender 190 Gravity 153 Splatting 114 120% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1183 386 306 305 303 304 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 2,302 Write 1,451 Mixed 1,077 SusWrite 465 293% 1,324 MB/s	4K Read 59.1 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 78.7 265% 93.1 MB/s	DQ Read 981 DQ Write 1,492 DQ Mixed 1,012 829% 1,162 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 280%
Mushkin Reactor 256GB-$114 909 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 103GB free Firmware: N1007C SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 295 301 302 302 301 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 299 Mixed 282 SusWrite 293 77% 347 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 40.5 154% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 181 163% 247 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 98%
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 73GB free Firmware: CS900210 SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 223 235 235 236 235 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 434 Write 336 Mixed 316 SusWrite 238 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 28.8 140% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 161 151% 229 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 87%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$60 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 538GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 93 94 93 94 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 93.6 Write 66.1 Mixed 65.1 SusWrite 92 58% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 84%
448 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 29GB free, PID 6300 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 26 26 26 22 26 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	21.4% Poor	Read 107 Write 29.6 Mixed 46.7 SusWrite 25 58% 52.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 10% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 29.3 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 36.7 SC Mixed 28.7 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 95%

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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 $275Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,189x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,213x
Core i5-9600KIntel $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,141x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,965x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,608x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,561x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $154Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,327x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,129x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,273x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	933x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	932x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,004

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16