Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	95.5% 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 Drive	256% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '19 at 20:31
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$412 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 160 2-Core 319 103% 191 Pts	4-Core 623 8-Core 1,171 107% 897 Pts	64-Core 1,743 108% 1,743 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FD0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 118 Parallax 113 101% 118 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 103 Splatting 84.3 86% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1340 408 409 411 410 411 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 2,575 Write 2,267 Mixed 1,639 SusWrite 565 393% 1,761 MB/s	4K Read 66.8 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 86.3 292% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 67.1 DQ Write 1,188 DQ Mixed 90.8 231% 449 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 302%
OCZ Vertex 460A 240GB-$177 1,086 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 90GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 450 490 450 491 450 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 431 Write 488 Mixed 349 SusWrite 469 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 40.6 166% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 271 220% 309 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 108%
OCZ VERTEX3 90GB 979 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 0GB free Firmware: 2.15 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 396 Write 118 Mixed 154 48% 223 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 99.4 4K Mixed 32.1 146% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 35.7 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 106 70% 81.9 MB/s
Poor: 50% Great: 77%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 90GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 124 117 130 130 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 406 Write 146 Mixed 199 SusWrite 124 48% 219 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 42.8 166% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 35.4 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 98.3 68% 82.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 82%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 914GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 85 85 83 86 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 91.8 Write 82.5 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 85 60% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M4A2666C16 4x8GB 2,181 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 22.4 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 23 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 98%

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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 $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,147x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,184x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,119x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,957x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,881x
RTX 3080Nvidia $854Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,600x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,555x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,321x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,121x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,267x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	929x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	928x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $985

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16