Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 132% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 123% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	149% 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	245% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190410
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '19 at 13:07
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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-$252 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 116 2-Core 233 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 910 82% 688 Pts	64-Core 911 56% 911 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2383) ≥ 4GB; EVGA CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	149% Outstanding	Lighting 199 Reflection 224 Parallax 243 162% 222 fps	MRender 259 Gravity 211 Splatting 140 159% 203 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$190 33,949 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 885 1176 1401 1518 1329 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 1,527 Write 1,559 Mixed 1,098 SusWrite 1,078 296% 1,316 MB/s	4K Read 54.8 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 72.2 247% 87.1 MB/s	DQ Read 988 DQ Write 880 DQ Mixed 324 410% 731 MB/s
Poor: 154% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 282%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 15GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 146 167 157 86 72 MB/s Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	63% Good	Read 242 Write 167 Mixed 154 SusWrite 129 39% 173 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 68.9 4K Mixed 36.5 123% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 145 112% 153 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 87%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 534GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 101 102 103 102 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 174 Write 165 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 100 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 124% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 4266 C16 2x8GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	73.5% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 21.2 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 22.2 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 110%

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

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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 $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,168x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,196x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,127x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,960x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,603x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,558x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,323x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	930x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $973

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	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