Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	257% 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '20 at 05:17
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$403 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 155 2-Core 269 97% 173 Pts	4-Core 598 8-Core 1,127 103% 862 Pts	64-Core 1,674 104% 1,674 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 8618) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Lighting 75.2 Reflection 78 Parallax 75.2 61% 76.1 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 72.4 Splatting 74.5 60% 73.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1237 312 311 311 311 311 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 2,480 Write 1,472 Mixed 1,289 SusWrite 465 316% 1,426 MB/s	4K Read 66.3 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 81.1 273% 92.1 MB/s	DQ Read 974 DQ Write 1,048 DQ Mixed 1,012 761% 1,011 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 280%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 870GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 484 483 488 489 489 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 435 Mixed 423 SusWrite 485 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 55.4 187% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 352 265% 354 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)-$154 14,088 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 435GB free Firmware: B35900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 561 376 376 377 378 378 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 937 Write 769 Mixed 624 SusWrite 408 153% 684 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 57.5 198% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 654 DQ Write 533 DQ Mixed 442 372% 543 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 155%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 12,928 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 577GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 114 117 117 117 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 112 Write 102 Mixed 79.4 SusWrite 116 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 77%

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 @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 25.7 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 27.5 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 94%

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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 $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,197x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,215x
Core i5-9600KIntel $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,145x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,965x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,886x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,609x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,562x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,330x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,130x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,276x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	933x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	932x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $992

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16