Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	79.5% 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	334% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190410
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '19 at 06:32
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 153 2-Core 305 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 609 8-Core 862 92% 736 Pts	64-Core 893 55% 893 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.5% Very good	Lighting 97.7 Reflection 111 Parallax 93.4 80% 101 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 93.6 Splatting 99.8 79% 96.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 4,056 User benchmarks, average bench 250% 689GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXA74H0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1701 1693 1672 1665 1672 1674 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	334% Outstanding	Read 2,293 Write 1,500 Mixed 588 SusWrite 1,680 337% 1,515 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 67.3 233% 84 MB/s	DQ Read 1799 DQ Write 1,236 DQ Mixed 1,150 958% 1,395 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 334% Great: 331%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 266GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 370 392 371 365 362 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 438 Mixed 408 SusWrite 381 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 65.5 227% 84.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 354 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 129%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 514GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 103 105 106 105 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 108 Write 100 Mixed 73 SusWrite 104 71% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 215% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 85%
ST310005 28AS 1TB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 732GB free, PID 1018 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 43 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 40.8 Write 41 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 42.4 53% 39.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 81% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	MC Read 39.6 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 28 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 35 SC Mixed 30.4 84% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 110%

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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	9,168x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,197x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,127x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,961x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,603x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,558x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,323x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	930x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $973

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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