Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	63.1% 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	29.5 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 25 '20 at 18:48
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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-$410 354,223 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)	104% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 156 2-Core 314 103% 189 Pts	4-Core 604 8-Core 1,155 104% 879 Pts	64-Core 1,665 103% 1,665 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 104% 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: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Lighting 79 Reflection 80.8 Parallax 69.6 64% 76.5 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 74.7 Splatting 73.9 60% 73.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.1% 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% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 549 360 330 334 332 332 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 2,489 Write 1471 Mixed 1,283 SusWrite 373 310% 1,404 MB/s	4K Read 67.5 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 83.4 284% 97.1 MB/s	DQ Read 976 DQ Write 1,127 DQ Mixed 1,012 773% 1,038 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 280%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 671GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 481 483 483 486 487 487 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 463 Mixed 426 SusWrite 484 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 60.8 202% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 351 264% 353 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)-$154 14,088 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 310GB free Firmware: B35900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 543 378 377 377 378 378 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 965 Write 778 Mixed 602 SusWrite 405 154% 688 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 58.8 201% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 658 DQ Write 534 DQ Mixed 446 375% 546 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 155%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 12,928 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 662GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 104 103 104 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 112 Write 104 Mixed 85.9 SusWrite 104 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 153% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 62.2% 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)	88.2% Excellent	MC Read 34 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 25.7 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 26.7 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 88.2% 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 $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 $40Bench 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