Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	69.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	107% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '19 at 02:34
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$410 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 92.1 1-Core 150 2-Core 251 93% 164 Pts	4-Core 601 8-Core 1,132 103% 866 Pts	64-Core 1,648 102% 1,648 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Gigabyte(1458 37A9) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.28 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.6% Good	Lighting 78.9 Reflection 91 Parallax 73.7 64% 81.2 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 78.6 Splatting 101 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 113 122 113 113 112 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 485 Mixed 379 SusWrite 149 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 58.7 200% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 348 263% 353 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 7,881 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 216GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1398 458 74 77 74 78 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 127%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 480GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 162 167 166 166 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 151 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 164 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 112%
WD Elements 25A3 6TB 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 5.5TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 182 186 183 186 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 184 Mixed 102 SusWrite 184 222% 168 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 9.5 4K Mixed 0.7 363% 4.83 MB/s	DQ Read 0.4 DQ Write 9.5 DQ Mixed 0.6 345% 3.5 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14/8G Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 KHX2133C14/8G Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 32GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.6% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 20.5 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 22.9 64% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 98%

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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 $295Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,176x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,203x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,128x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,962x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,604x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,558x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,324x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,125x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,270x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	933x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	931x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,021

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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