Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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	97.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '19 at 06:52
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 270 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 824 82% 668 Pts	64-Core 987 61% 987 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 139 Parallax 120 105% 130 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 130 Splatting 102 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU800NS38 128GB 7,443 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0518BS SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 400 427 436 427 422 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 375 Mixed 393 SusWrite 422 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 87.9 4K Mixed 39.8 137% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 151 136% 200 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 102%
WD Green 240GB (2016) 20,831 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 223GB free Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 274 134 134 134 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Read 431 Write 407 Mixed 373 SusWrite 203 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 88.1 4K Mixed 20.7 108% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 33.2 81% 165 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 70%
WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB 294,991 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 798GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 112 112 114 83 62 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 26% Great: 79%
SanDisk Cruzer Fit 16GB 8,778 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 15GB free, PID 5571 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.9 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.4 5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	6% Terrible	Read 24 Write 3.7 Mixed 9 SusWrite 4.5 11% 10.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.4 35% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.6% Good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 20.1 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 22 60% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 62 65% 62 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 101%

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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	4,126x

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 $45Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16