Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 16%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 15%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics7.49% 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 Drive285% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z390-A  (all builds)
Memory12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180814
Uptime25.5 Days
Run DateMar 12 '19 at 16:53
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (66th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
96.2% Outstanding
Memory 89.1
1-Core 143
2-Core 282
94% 171 Pts
4-Core 555
8-Core 931
90% 743 Pts
64-Core 1,142
71% 1,142 Pts
Poor: 76%
This bench: 96.2%
Great: 100%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7)
Asus(1043 8694) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6291
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.49% Terrible
Lighting 7.1
Reflection 11.5
Parallax 8.69
6% 9.1 fps
MRender 13
Gravity 7.73
Splatting 17.2
11% 12.7 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.49%
Great: 7%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
264GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 852 651 639 648 639 648 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
285% Outstanding
Read 2,501
Write 2,190
Mixed 1284
SusWrite 680
370% 1,664 MB/s
4K Read 61.2
4K Write 141
4K Mixed 82.4
273% 94.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1435
DQ Write 1,210
DQ Mixed 1,264
963% 1,303 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 285%
Great: 340%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (10th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
70.5% Very good
MC Read 27.7
MC Write 26.4
MC Mixed 19.8
70% 24.6 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 26.5
SC Mixed 22.8
64% 22.3 GB/s
Latency 68.3
58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 68%
This bench: 70.5%
Great: 135%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z390-A Builds (Compare 26,217 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: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $982
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