Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 52%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics74.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive110% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z390-A  (all builds)
Memory11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190129
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 19 '19 at 23:47
Run Duration214 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 33%
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 PC Performing as expected (51st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i3-8100-$110
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
86.9% Excellent
Memory 92.5
1-Core 118
2-Core 237
84% 149 Pts
4-Core 469
8-Core 472
63% 470 Pts
64-Core 468
29% 468 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 86.9%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.91
Performing below potential (16th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
74.2% Very good
Lighting 89
Reflection 93.7
Parallax 79.9
72% 87.5 fps
MRender 94.8
Gravity 93.3
Splatting 95.7
78% 94.6 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 74.2%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130
815GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 370 395 410 433 430 MB/s
Performing as expected (40th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Read 438
Write 438
Mixed 413
SusWrite 391
95% 420 MB/s
4K Read 34.9
4K Write 95.7
4K Mixed 51.2
169% 60.6 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 333
DQ Mixed 353
265% 354 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 110%
Great: 133%
WD WD3200JD-22K 320GB
288GB free
Firmware: 08.05J08
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 61 62 61 63 63 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
34.8% Below average
Read 60
Write 62.3
Mixed 38.7
SusWrite 60.8
41% 55.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.9
169% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 17%
This bench: 34.8%
Great: 36%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
53.3% Above average
MC Read 19.4
MC Write 18.9
MC Mixed 16.2
52% 18.2 GB/s
SC Read 13.7
SC Write 18
SC Mixed 16.2
46% 16 GB/s
Latency 63
63% 63 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 53.3%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z390-A Builds (Compare 26,270 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 144%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 132%
UFO

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-A - $175

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $973
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