Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics7.14% 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 Drive229% 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.
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)
Memory3.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190410
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateDec 12 '19 at 04:25
Run Duration203 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing as expected (56th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-9900K-$410
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
85.1% Excellent
Memory 84.6
1-Core 115
2-Core 229
80% 143 Pts
4-Core 459
8-Core 820
77% 640 Pts
64-Core 1,180
73% 1,180 Pts
Poor: 89%
This bench: 85.1%
Great: 104%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Asus(1043 8694) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
7.14% Terrible
Lighting 6.87
Reflection 11.3
Parallax 8.66
6% 8.96 fps
MRender 12.5
Gravity 6.53
Splatting 16.6
10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 7.14%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 1TB
685GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM22.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1579 937 938 942 943 947 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
229% Outstanding
Read 1,314
Write 2,366
Mixed 1,568
SusWrite 1,048
357% 1,574 MB/s
4K Read 43.2
4K Write 134
4K Mixed 68.1
224% 81.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,087
DQ Write 835
DQ Mixed 997
736% 973 MB/s
Poor: 112%
This bench: 229%
Great: 284%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB
465GB free
Firmware: EMT21B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 487 487 489 489 489 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
124% Outstanding
Read 504
Write 488
Mixed 414
SusWrite 486
107% 473 MB/s
4K Read 41.6
4K Write 95.9
4K Mixed 56.3
186% 64.6 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 338
DQ Mixed 355
267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 79%
This bench: 124%
Great: 131%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
389GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 162 162 164 165 163 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
93.3% Outstanding
Read 162
Write 147
Mixed 95.2
SusWrite 163
104% 142 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1.1
218% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 93.3%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
67.2% Good
MC Read 25.9
MC Write 25.2
MC Mixed 19.3
67% 23.5 GB/s
SC Read 16.3
SC Write 26.2
SC Mixed 21.9
61% 21.5 GB/s
Latency 72.5
55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 67.2%
Great: 108%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z390-A Builds (Compare 26,254 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: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $978
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