Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 153% UFO	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	97.3% 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	323% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

6 months ago, 6 months ago, 5 months ago, 3 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 10 days ago, 10 days ago, 6 days ago, 6 days ago, 6 days ago, 6 days ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '19 at 12:46
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i5-9600K-$200 71,337 User benchmarks, average bench 94% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	1-Core 148 2-Core 290 103% 219 Pts	4-Core 564 8-Core 706 84% 635 Pts	64-Core 743 50% 743 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$450 152,729 User benchmarks, average bench 108% Asus(1043 8670) CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Lighting 13.6 Reflection 269 Parallax 359 4% 214 fps	MRender 333 Gravity 352 Splatting 214 102% 299 fps
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 117%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$80 135,137 User benchmarks, average bench 272% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 935 657 659 657 576 511 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	323% Outstanding	Read 2,558 Write 2,336 Mixed 1,517 SusWrite 666 394% 1,769 MB/s	4K Read 69.8 4K Write 213 4K Mixed 99 346% 127 MB/s	DQ Read 1760 DQ Write 1,532 DQ Mixed 1,550 1,188% 1,614 MB/s
Poor: 193% ↑ This bench: 323% Great: 320%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$100 122,433 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 48GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 220 219 126 75 71 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 481 Mixed 421 SusWrite 182 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 57.7 206% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 220 202% 310 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 117%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$93 58,439 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 110 112 112 112 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 130 Write 124 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 111 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$65 148,947 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 29.2 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 29.8 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 102% 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 108%

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Desktop 134%

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Workstation 110%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-A - $180

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $369Bench 99%, 106,109 samples	3,274x
Core i5-9600KIntel $200Bench 94%, 71,337 samples	2,607x
Core i9-9900KIntel $475Bench 99%, 114,916 samples	2,353x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $450Bench 108%, 152,729 samples	1,736x
RTX 2080Nvidia $650Bench 121%, 117,796 samples	1,392x
GTX 1070Nvidia $415Bench 78%, 671,944 samples	1,052x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $80Bench 272%, 135,137 samples	1,109x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $60Bench 108%, 217,447 samples	845x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $110Bench 288%, 59,725 samples	826x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 84%, 269,498 samples	1,253x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $95Bench 85%, 43,115 samples	869x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $65Bench 87%, 148,947 samples	715x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $1,142

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $145	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $260	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $58
Intel Core i7-9700K $369	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $230

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24