Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	5.98% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	368% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190606
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '19 at 05:43
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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-$265 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 5.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 90.4 1-Core 168 2-Core 337 106% 199 Pts	4-Core 676 8-Core 1,324 118% 1,000 Pts	64-Core 1313 81% 1313 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7670 3,465 User benchmarks, average bench 6% AMD(1002 0000) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	5.98% Terrible	Lighting 7.53 Reflection 7.54 Parallax 5.84 6% 6.97 fps	MRender 7.43 Gravity 5.27 Splatting 7.78 6% 6.83 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.98% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 374GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1936 1953 1569 1531 1529 1516 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	368% Outstanding	Read 2,609 Write 2,002 Mixed 1,439 SusWrite 1,672 432% 1,931 MB/s	4K Read 64.1 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 86.9 287% 99.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,734 DQ Write 1,503 DQ Mixed 1,532 1,172% 1,590 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 368% Great: 410%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: CV22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 201 199 201 202 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 180 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 201 118% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 108%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB 6,400 User benchmarks, average bench 159% 3TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 373 375 374 375 377 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 373 Write 287 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 375 198% 275 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1.1 237% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 236%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 24.2 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 24.2 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 94%

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Workstation 132%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-A - $175

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,208x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,224x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,151x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,966x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,889x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,611x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,568x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,331x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,133x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,278x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	934x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	933x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,090

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	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