Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.2% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181019
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '19 at 20:40
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 90.8 1-Core 138 2-Core 271 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 823 84% 680 Pts	64-Core 1,060 66% 1,060 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	65.8% Good	Lighting 74.5 Reflection 75.7 Parallax 84.4 61% 78.2 fps	MRender 90.3 Gravity 96.6 Splatting 90.6 76% 92.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB 35,237 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 212GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 303 304 304 306 294 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 317 Mixed 321 SusWrite 304 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 87.6 4K Mixed 37.1 142% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 246 210% 310 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 126%
WD WD2003FYPS-27W9B 2TB 9,937 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: 04.05G11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 98 98 98 98 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59% Above average	Read 107 Write 96.7 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 97.8 70% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 61%
WD WD2003FYPS-27W9B 2TB 9,937 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: 04.05G11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 102 102 103 103 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 120 Write 87.5 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 101 68% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 192% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 61%
WD WD2003FYPS-27W9B 2TB 9,937 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 568GB free Firmware: 04.05G11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 74 73 74 73 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 81.5 Write 68.3 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 72.5 55% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.7 151% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 61%
WD WD2003FYPS-27W9B 2TB 9,937 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2TB free Firmware: 04.05G11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 83 84 83 82 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 89.5 Write 77.8 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 82.6 61% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.8 168% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 61%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 2TB 8,475 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 113 115 114 115 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 107 Write 110 Mixed 94.5 SusWrite 113 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.7 160% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 1,053 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.9% Good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 20.9 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 22.6 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 136%

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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	4,125x

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 $92Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	930x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $975

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16