Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 104%, 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	219% 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, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190729
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '20 at 19:20
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$252 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 148 2-Core 298 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 594 8-Core 1,167 104% 881 Pts	64-Core 1,155 72% 1,155 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 105%

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: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2039 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Lighting 76.8 Reflection 74.7 Parallax 66.2 63% 72.6 fps	MRender 69.4 Gravity 70.1 Splatting 71.2 58% 70.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 512GB 20,736 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 232GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 506 532 491 483 479 496 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 1,929 Write 1,632 Mixed 688 SusWrite 498 263% 1,187 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 58.7 207% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,375 DQ Write 779 DQ Mixed 1,122 823% 1,092 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 267%
Pcie SSD 1TB 40,637 User benchmarks, average bench 210% 379GB free Firmware: ECFM22.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1426 944 935 944 945 940 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 1338 Write 2,377 Mixed 1,578 SusWrite 1,022 358% 1,579 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 72.9 244% 91.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,827 DQ Write 1,064 DQ Mixed 1,347 1,029% 1,413 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 284%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 211 216 212 216 219 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 148 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 213 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 246% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$38 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 27.1 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 29.5 84% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 103%

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

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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	6,196x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,127x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,960x
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 $95Bench 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

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $978

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 $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