Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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.
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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '19 at 20:43
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th 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-$410 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 229 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 801 72% 606 Pts	64-Core 1,257 78% 1,257 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 145 Parallax 140 112% 141 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 135 Splatting 112 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green SATA M.2 120GB-$47 6,576 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 112GB free Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 96 86 85 94 86 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 468 Write 393 Mixed 368 SusWrite 123 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 21.8 116% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 32.5 80% 162 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 73%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 29GB free Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 87 95 64 96 64 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 470 Write 383 Mixed 201 SusWrite 91.6 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 18.4 98% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 24.2 69% 145 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 78%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 330GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 46 54 60 60 61 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 38% Great: 85%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 176 182 179 179 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 187 Mixed 30 SusWrite 179 105% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%
SanDisk Cruzer 8GB 5,405 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.6 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Read 21 Write 14.2 Mixed 15.7 SusWrite 3.7 17% 13.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 2.5 172% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 26.4 90% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 36.8 SC Mixed 26.8 78% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 106%

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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	9,167x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,192x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,125x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,960x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,603x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,557x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,321x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,122x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,269x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	931x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	930x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $975

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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