Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 108%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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.
Graphics80.5% 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 Drive214% 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 17 '19 at 13:24
Run Duration147 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (87th 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 4.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Memory 97.1
1-Core 162
2-Core 323
106% 194 Pts
4-Core 649
8-Core 945
100% 797 Pts
64-Core 952
59% 952 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: 425.31
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
80.5% Excellent
Lighting 102
Reflection 92.2
Parallax 97.5
83% 97.2 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 88.6
Splatting 80.4
76% 94.4 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 80.5%
Great: 81%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$4
94GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 57CZ Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 926 965 924 834 679 472 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
214% Outstanding
Read 1,317
Write 988
Mixed 896
SusWrite 800
224% 1,000 MB/s
4K Read 48.1
4K Write 204
4K Mixed 59.7
257% 104 MB/s
DQ Read 832
DQ Write 716
DQ Mixed 657
524% 735 MB/s
Poor: 122%
This bench: 214%
Great: 219%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
158GB free
Firmware: EMT03B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 299 301 301 300 301 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
124% Outstanding
Read 504
Write 486
Mixed 417
SusWrite 317
97% 431 MB/s
4K Read 45.4
4K Write 135
4K Mixed 63.8
222% 81.4 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 338
DQ Mixed 354
266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 124%
Great: 124%
Pcie SSD 256GB
136GB free
Firmware: E8FM11.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 539 239 253 252 243 480 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
137% Outstanding
Read 666
Write 844
Mixed 803
SusWrite 334
149% 662 MB/s
4K Read 40.4
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 52.3
193% 71.5 MB/s
DQ Read 692
DQ Write 690
DQ Mixed 494
426% 625 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 137%
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 (96th percentile)
116% Outstanding
MC Read 45.2
MC Write 47.3
MC Mixed 31.6
118% 41.4 GB/s
SC Read 23.3
SC Write 48.6
SC Mixed 34.4
101% 35.4 GB/s
Latency 49.7
80% 49.7 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 116%
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 26,303 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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