Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 159%
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Desktop
Desktop 110%
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Workstation
Workstation 156%
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PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 111%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics144% 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.
Boot Drive317% 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.
Run History
4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z390-A  (all builds)
Memory12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190410
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateSep 18 '19 at 23:43
Run Duration205 Seconds
Run User BEL-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-9700K-$249
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 5.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Memory 95.3
1-Core 168
2-Core 304
104% 189 Pts
4-Core 675
8-Core 1,347
119% 1,011 Pts
64-Core 1293
80% 1293 Pts
Poor: 82%
This bench: 111%
Great: 105%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466
CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 4525 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
144% Outstanding
Lighting 201
Reflection 187
Parallax 187
164% 192 fps
MRender 241
Gravity 171
Splatting 120
139% 178 fps
Poor: 116%
This bench: 144%
Great: 139%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
191GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 691 590 640 639 640 637 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
317% Outstanding
Read 2,593
Write 2363
Mixed 1,517
SusWrite 639
396% 1,778 MB/s
4K Read 71.5
4K Write 212
4K Mixed 101
350% 128 MB/s
DQ Read 1,572
DQ Write 1,382
DQ Mixed 1,413
1,077% 1,456 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 317%
Great: 340%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55
50GB free
Firmware: MAT01B6Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 10,688
Write 8,990
Mixed 9,480
2,166% 9,719 MB/s
4K Read 779
4K Write 343
4K Mixed 445
1,933% 522 MB/s
DQ Read 2,085
DQ Write 1,496
DQ Mixed 1,568
1,232% 1,716 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40
882GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 152 153 153 152 153 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
89.7% Excellent
Read 161
Write 153
Mixed 97.2
SusWrite 152
103% 141 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1
206% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 45%
This bench: 89.7%
Great: 87%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
93.8% Outstanding
MC Read 35.6
MC Write 35.3
MC Mixed 29.4
96% 33.4 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 36.4
SC Mixed 28.7
79% 27.6 GB/s
Latency 56.1
71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 93.8%
Great: 95%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z390-A Builds (Compare 26,217 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 144%
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Desktop
Desktop 101%
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Workstation
Workstation 132%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-A - $175

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $982
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