Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics73.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive257% 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.
High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z390-A  (all builds)
Memory10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190606
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 27 '19 at 08:14
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 27%
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 PC Performing as expected (60th 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 4.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
92.9% Outstanding
Memory 78.9
1-Core 148
2-Core 290
93% 172 Pts
4-Core 574
8-Core 885
90% 729 Pts
64-Core 1,145
71% 1,145 Pts
Poor: 82%
This bench: 92.9%
Great: 105%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240
CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.20
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
73.5% Very good
Lighting 92.4
Reflection 83.8
Parallax 80.7
75% 85.6 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 74
Splatting 74.3
70% 87.7 fps
Poor: 65%
This bench: 73.5%
Great: 76%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme PCIe SSD 1TB
898GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 885 905 961 953 969 960 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
257% Outstanding
Read 1,581
Write 2,081
Mixed 1,540
SusWrite 939
346% 1,535 MB/s
4K Read 45.4
4K Write 175
4K Mixed 72.5
254% 97.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,418
DQ Write 1,192
DQ Mixed 1,230
942% 1,280 MB/s
Poor: 121%
This bench: 257%
Great: 275%
USB DISK 3.0 16GB
11GB free, PID 6300
Operating at USB 3.2 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 67 68 67 68 56 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
26.8% Poor
Read 83.3
Write 55.3
Mixed 17.7
SusWrite 59.6
67% 54 MB/s
4K Read 4.8
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 1.2
65% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 7%
This bench: 26.8%
Great: 27%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS8G4D32AESBK.M8FE 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
67.6% Good
MC Read 27.4
MC Write 22.8
MC Mixed 22.3
69% 24.2 GB/s
SC Read 15
SC Write 24.9
SC Mixed 19.8
57% 19.9 GB/s
Latency 82.7
48% 82.7 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 67.6%
Great: 113%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z390-A Builds (Compare 26,216 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: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $982
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