Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.8% 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 Drive	185% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '19 at 00:43
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$186 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 260 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 918 88% 723 Pts	64-Core 1,143 71% 1,143 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Asus(1043 86A5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 91.9 Parallax 86.9 83% 93.7 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 89.3 Splatting 79.1 73% 90.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Asgard AN256NVMe 256GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 137% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0802C0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 675 363 310 163 181 433 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	185% Outstanding	Read 1,663 Write 1,024 Mixed 985 SusWrite 354 223% 1,006 MB/s	4K Read 50.5 4K Write 196 4K Mixed 37.2 228% 94.5 MB/s	DQ Read 400 DQ Write 995 DQ Mixed 54.3 226% 483 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 185% Great: 188%
USB Flash Disk 2GB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 2GB free, PID 1d00 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.7 5.9 5.8 6.3 5.7 6.2 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	5.11% Terrible	Read 14.8 Write 7 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 5.9 9% 7.55 MB/s	4K Read 7.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 26% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.11% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 26.9 98% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 42.1 SC Mixed 31.9 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 107%

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

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Gaming 144%

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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 $264Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,271x
Core i9-9900KIntel $399Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,280x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,184x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,984x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,902x
RTX 3080Nvidia $879Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,624x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,582x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $157Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,336x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,144x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,285x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	941x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	938x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $1,092

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16