Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.8% 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	231% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190129
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '19 at 03:26
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8350K-$139 23,493 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 146 2-Core 293 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 582 8-Core 583 78% 583 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6573) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 118 Parallax 98.7 86% 108 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 99.9 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 218GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 331 307 326 323 306 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 488 Write 297 Mixed 296 SusWrite 320 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 67.3 4K Mixed 28.1 107% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 97.5 DQ Mixed 138 117% 176 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 86%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 624 303 299 300 299 293 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 2,210 Write 1,411 Mixed 1,238 SusWrite 353 288% 1,303 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 75.5 238% 84.7 MB/s	DQ Read 975 DQ Write 1,114 DQ Mixed 1,004 768% 1,031 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 280%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 369GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 470 480 487 440 292 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 481 Mixed 406 SusWrite 436 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 47.6 178% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 350 264% 353 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 129%
Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB-$250 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 830GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 106 106 107 108 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 118 Write 104 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 105 70% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 388GB free Firmware: HP64 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 97 96 99 97 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 120 Write 52.2 Mixed 63 SusWrite 96.8 61% 83 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 68%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 24GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.1 4.3 5.7 7.9 6.3 6.7 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	11.6% Very poor	Read 38.2 Write 5.5 Mixed 9 SusWrite 6.2 15% 14.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 3.3 170% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 19%
SAMSUNG HM500JI 500GB 239 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 369GB free, PID 0571 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 42 42 43 43 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Read 39.2 Write 31 Mixed 35.2 SusWrite 42 50% 36.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	86.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 35.5 MC Mixed 27.8 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 22 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 104%

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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 $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,167x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,192x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,125x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,960x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,603x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,557x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,321x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,122x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,269x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	931x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	930x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $975

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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