Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics79.7% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z390-A  (all builds)
Memory13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190410
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 09 '19 at 20:03
Run Duration104 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing above expectations (78th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Memory 97.2
1-Core 161
2-Core 317
105% 192 Pts
4-Core 634
8-Core 947
98% 791 Pts
64-Core 946
58% 946 Pts
Poor: 82%
This bench: 108%
Great: 103%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.41
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
79.7% Very good
Lighting 102
Reflection 93.4
Parallax 85.7
84% 93.8 fps
MRender 103
Gravity 87.7
Splatting 78.4
72% 89.9 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 79.7%
Great: 81%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30
181GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 113 110 122 56 40 MB/s
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
72.8% Very good
Read 165
Write 148
Mixed 81.5
SusWrite 88.5
89% 121 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1
199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 72.8%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
99.6% Outstanding
MC Read 39.3
MC Write 38.4
MC Mixed 27.9
101% 35.2 GB/s
SC Read 22.4
SC Write 36
SC Mixed 30.9
85% 29.8 GB/s
Latency 49.5
81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 99.6%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z390-A Builds (Compare 26,223 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: $985
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HDDRAMUSB
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