Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94% 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	44% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190729
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '19 at 19:38
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st 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-$252 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 83 1-Core 116 2-Core 234 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 890 80% 677 Pts	64-Core 896 56% 896 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 8623) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 134 Parallax 125 98% 126 fps	MRender 93.6 Gravity 119 Splatting 101 85% 104 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 960GB-$48 5,902 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 424GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900KA3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 355 408 429 429 428 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	44% Average	Read 148 Write 48 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 389 38% 167 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 18.3 4K Mixed 10.3 46% 14.6 MB/s	DQ Read 14.5 DQ Write 14.8 DQ Mixed 14 11% 14.4 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 104%
PNY CS900 960GB-$48 5,902 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 694GB free Firmware: CS900KA3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 378 453 462 454 447 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 243 Write 63.3 Mixed 346 SusWrite 417 60% 267 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 67.3 4K Mixed 32.5 120% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 200 174% 256 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 104%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 461GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.6 12 15 14 14 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	Read 105 Write 15.5 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 12.9 31% 41.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 92% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 60%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 499GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.6 10 15 15 15 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	37% Below average	Read 116 Write 14.2 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 12.9 32% 43.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$114 144,399 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	40.6% Average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 11.8 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 14.2 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 114%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	9,168x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,197x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,127x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,961x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,603x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,558x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,323x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	930x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $973

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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