Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	80.3% 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	295% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	23.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190410
Uptime	7.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '19 at 21:57
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th 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-$275 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 148 2-Core 296 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 589 8-Core 1,035 98% 812 Pts	64-Core 1132 70% 1132 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$265 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 109 Parallax 97.6 83% 103 fps	MRender 90 Gravity 99.5 Splatting 87.4 75% 92.3 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 311GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1070 843 847 834 827 828 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	295% Outstanding	Read 2428 Write 2,216 Mixed 1,751 SusWrite 875 406% 1,818 MB/s	4K Read 55.7 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 75.9 251% 87.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,629 DQ Write 1,360 DQ Mixed 1,430 1,089% 1,473 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 295% Great: 355%
WD Blue 3D 2TB-$184 1,834 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 1.5TB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 470 469 461 467 465 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 468 Mixed 375 SusWrite 467 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 34.9 151% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 246 212% 314 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 118%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 913GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 115 115 115 115 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 128 Write 112 Mixed 94.7 SusWrite 115 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 69%
SanDisk Cruzer 8GB 5,405 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.3 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.7 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	11% Very poor	Read 18.3 Write 10.5 Mixed 11.8 SusWrite 3.7 14% 11.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 2.5 174% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 27.2 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 23.3 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 94%

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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 $275Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,180x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,207x
Core i5-9600KIntel $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,134x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,964x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,605x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,559x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,326x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,125x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,271x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	933x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	931x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,001

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16