Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 107%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 109%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics78.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive200% 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.
Run History
5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z390-A  (all builds)
Memory13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190318
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 05 '19 at 13:35
Run Duration148 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Memory 97.2
1-Core 157
2-Core 323
104% 192 Pts
4-Core 648
8-Core 936
99% 792 Pts
64-Core 959
59% 959 Pts
Poor: 82%
This bench: 109%
Great: 103%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.67
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
78.1% Very good
Lighting 97.5
Reflection 91
Parallax 85.7
79% 91.4 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 88.6
Splatting 80.2
76% 94.3 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 78.1%
Great: 81%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$4
103GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 57CZ Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 849 966 1093 1140 919 883 MB/s
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
200% Outstanding
Read 953
Write 951
Mixed 712
SusWrite 975
202% 898 MB/s
4K Read 46.8
4K Write 146
4K Mixed 66.3
233% 86.2 MB/s
DQ Read 838
DQ Write 538
DQ Mixed 629
485% 668 MB/s
Poor: 122%
This bench: 200%
Great: 219%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
158GB free
Firmware: EMT03B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 300 299 300 300 300 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
126% Outstanding
Read 502
Write 490
Mixed 422
SusWrite 316
97% 433 MB/s
4K Read 46.5
4K Write 138
4K Mixed 65.5
227% 83.3 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 340
DQ Mixed 353
266% 357 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 126%
Great: 124%
Pcie SSD 256GB
190GB free
Firmware: E8FM11.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 523 238 249 240 251 377 MB/s
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
142% Outstanding
Read 844
Write 681
Mixed 808
SusWrite 313
148% 662 MB/s
4K Read 41.7
4K Write 134
4K Mixed 52.8
202% 76.2 MB/s
DQ Read 691
DQ Write 543
DQ Mixed 569
439% 601 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 142%
Great: 214%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
112% Outstanding
MC Read 45.3
MC Write 42.3
MC Mixed 31.4
113% 39.7 GB/s
SC Read 22.8
SC Write 49.2
SC Mixed 33.3
100% 35.1 GB/s
Latency 49.4
81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 112%
Great: 115%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z390-A Builds (Compare 26,302 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: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $1,014
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