Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 137% UFO	Desktop 110% UFO	Workstation 134% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 110%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	123% 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 Drive	257% 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190729
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '19 at 16:46
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$252 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 162 2-Core 323 106% 195 Pts	4-Core 650 8-Core 1,294 115% 972 Pts	64-Core 1,271 79% 1,271 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$396 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 865F) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 160 Parallax 164 136% 164 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 145 Splatting 109 115% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 382GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1137 1260 596 597 595 596 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 2,024 Write 1,635 Mixed 667 SusWrite 797 284% 1,281 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 65.3 225% 83.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,140 DQ Write 1460 DQ Mixed 885 783% 1,162 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 254%
Sandisk S31024G 1TB 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 455GB free Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 424 473 491 492 492 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 490 Mixed 402 SusWrite 451 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 57.4 206% 77.4 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 277 227% 325 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 121%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 200GB free Firmware: X21100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 490 493 492 493 487 492 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 490 Mixed 346 SusWrite 491 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 45.5 183% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 165 174% 287 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 41.4 MC Write 42.6 MC Mixed 28.8 107% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.8 SC Write 44.5 SC Mixed 32.2 96% 33.5 GB/s	Latency 47.3 85% 47.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%

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

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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