Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	7.45% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	273% 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	32GB 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 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '19 at 16:50
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 163 2-Core 325 106% 194 Pts	4-Core 648 8-Core 965 100% 807 Pts	64-Core 945 58% 945 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 65,338 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6471 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.45% Terrible	Lighting 7.33 Reflection 12 Parallax 8.38 6% 9.22 fps	MRender 12.2 Gravity 7.47 Splatting 16.6 10% 12.1 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.45% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 396GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1655 956 599 597 600 598 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	273% Outstanding	Read 2,053 Write 1,667 Mixed 657 SusWrite 834 290% 1,303 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 76 256% 99.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,281 DQ Write 1,446 DQ Mixed 1,024 865% 1,250 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 273% Great: 254%
Samsung 860 Pro 256GB-$90 12,565 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 221GB free Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 484 473 487 487 488 487 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 481 Mixed 440 SusWrite 484 108% 478 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 64 224% 81.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 352 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 131%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 12TB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 10TB free Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 59 58 58 56 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Read 105 Write 63.2 Mixed 39.8 SusWrite 58.7 49% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.6 168% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 138%
WDC WD40 EFRX-68WT0N0 4TB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 3TB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 43 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Read 26 Write 33.4 Mixed 7.5 SusWrite 42 38% 27.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.3 21% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 27.9 95% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 37.8 SC Mixed 28.6 80% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 94%

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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 $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,146x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,184x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,119x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,957x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,880x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,600x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,555x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,321x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,121x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,267x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	929x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	928x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $985

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16