Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.9% 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	255% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	58.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '19 at 10:58
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

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 i5-9600K-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 270 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 688 78% 611 Pts	64-Core 743 46% 743 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.9% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 112 Parallax 101 86% 106 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 97.7 Splatting 81.3 74% 91 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1315 318 304 303 306 304 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 2,351 Write 1,462 Mixed 1,234 SusWrite 475 306% 1,380 MB/s	4K Read 59.4 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 76.4 263% 92.6 MB/s	DQ Read 977 DQ Write 1,302 DQ Mixed 1,008 798% 1,096 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 280%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 465GB free Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 428 423 427 271 235 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 394 Write 459 Mixed 376 SusWrite 368 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 35.5 126% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 321 243% 328 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 98%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 142GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 458 461 466 468 384 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 460 Mixed 413 SusWrite 444 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 56.8 190% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 355 266% 355 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 3TB 8,194 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 775GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 95 93 94 93 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 105 Write 103 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 93.5 70% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 4x16GB 1,517 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 30.8 97% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 39.1 SC Mixed 27.4 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 109%

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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	9,167x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,193x
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 $178	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