Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	122% 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	275% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180814
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '19 at 02:55
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400F-$95 299,482 User benchmarks, average bench 85% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 129 2-Core 254 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 749 78% 625 Pts	64-Core 739 46% 739 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$389 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3726) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 155 Parallax 154 137% 159 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 136 Splatting 104 108% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 381GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1683 991 798 802 801 801 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	275% Outstanding	Read 2,543 Write 2,373 Mixed 1,509 SusWrite 980 414% 1,851 MB/s	4K Read 58.4 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 76.3 264% 93.6 MB/s	DQ Read 974 DQ Write 433 DQ Mixed 392 373% 600 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 275% Great: 355%
PNY CS1311 960GB-$195 1,486 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 107GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 491 428 215 312 202 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 494 Mixed 380 SusWrite 354 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 40.4 145% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 207 191% 294 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 179 181 180 182 182 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 55% Great: 104%
Imation Link Mobile Exp. 32GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 27GB free, PID 0725 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 16 9.2 8.6 8.1 8.5 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Read 40.8 Write 16 Mixed 15 SusWrite 10.1 23% 20.5 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 1.2 83% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSC.M16FAD 2x8GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.6% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 27.8 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 25.3 74% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 87%

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

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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 $263Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,216x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,236x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,154x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,971x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,890x
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,613x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,570x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,333x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,135x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,278x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	935x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	933x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $1,075

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16