Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 105%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 85%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics80.8% 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 Drive53.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.
High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z390-A  (all builds)
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190606
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 11 '19 at 01:31
Run Duration191 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 22%
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 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-9700K-$252
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Memory 89.1
1-Core 161
2-Core 324
103% 192 Pts
4-Core 648
8-Core 1288
114% 968 Pts
64-Core 1,279
79% 1,279 Pts
Poor: 82%
This bench: 105%
Great: 105%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
EVGA(3842 1267) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.67
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
80.8% Excellent
Lighting 106
Reflection 92
Parallax 83.4
87% 94 fps
MRender 96.7
Gravity 86.6
Splatting 75
69% 86.1 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 80.8%
Great: 81%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 5 Volume 240GB
190GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 144 73 93 129 97 MB/s
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
53.7% Above average
Read 386
Write 174
Mixed 232
SusWrite 106
50% 224 MB/s
4K Read 28.4
4K Write 20.1
4K Mixed 20.8
80% 23.1 MB/s
DQ Read 278
DQ Write 50.7
DQ Mixed 145
111% 158 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 53.7%
Great: 141%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
466GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1839 926 617 620 621 620 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
300% Outstanding
Read 2,536
Write 2,332
Mixed 1,584
SusWrite 874
409% 1,831 MB/s
4K Read 68
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 76.8
266% 89 MB/s
DQ Read 1,631
DQ Write 1,207
DQ Mixed 1,371
1,038% 1,403 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 300%
Great: 340%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Patriot 3000 C15 Series 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
52.4% Above average
MC Read 18.7
MC Write 19.1
MC Mixed 14.6
50% 17.5 GB/s
SC Read 17
SC Write 19.9
SC Mixed 17.5
52% 18.1 GB/s
Latency 68.3
58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 52.4%
Great: 102%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z390-A Builds (Compare 26,253 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: $978
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