Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	354% 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.

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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191126
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '20 at 03:50
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 143 2-Core 260 94% 166 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 885 88% 716 Pts	64-Core 1,137 70% 1,137 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3730) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 145 Parallax 122 105% 132 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 128 Splatting 107 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 370GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1706 1754 1768 1756 1762 1789 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	354% Outstanding	Read 2,704 Write 1,804 Mixed 1,150 SusWrite 1756 413% 1,854 MB/s	4K Read 63 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 76.2 273% 96.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,377 DQ Write 1,076 DQ Mixed 1,201 906% 1,218 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 354% Great: 393%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 52GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 65 65 66 66 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 75.3 Write 72 Mixed 61.4 SusWrite 65.5 51% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 76%
WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB 14,138 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 243 239 244 239 243 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 234 Write 231 Mixed 92.8 SusWrite 241 146% 200 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 1.7 343% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 136%
WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB 14,138 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 234 236 235 235 235 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 234 Write 234 Mixed 109 SusWrite 235 148% 203 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.8 357% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 136%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 295GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 73 74 74 74 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 108 Write 98.7 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 73.6 63% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 76%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 11GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 35 35 29 35 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Read 31.8 Write 24.8 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 35.1 39% 28.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 34% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	83% Excellent	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 21.8 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 26.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 95%

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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	9,148x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,184x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,119x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,957x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,881x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,601x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,555x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,321x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,121x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,267x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	929x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	928x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $985

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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