Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	104% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '20 at 17:51
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400F-$102 299,482 User benchmarks, average bench 85% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 72.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 259 83% 154 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 666 76% 591 Pts	64-Core 737 46% 737 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3794) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.7% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 126 Parallax 108 92% 116 fps	MRender 91.5 Gravity 111 Splatting 98.4 82% 100 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 254GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 338 405 415 417 417 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 365 Mixed 250 SusWrite 386 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 78.9 4K Mixed 41.5 150% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 250 211% 308 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 548GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 173 169 174 165 156 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 62.3 Mixed 81 SusWrite 168 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 113%
WL2000GLSA854G 2TB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 89 84 88 86 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 85.5 Write 84.5 Mixed 48.7 SusWrite 87 56% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 60%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 887GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 123 120 122 120 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 120 Write 123 Mixed 26.2 SusWrite 121 70% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 135% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB-$75 134,977 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2733 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.5% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 15.4 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 20.1 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 96.3 42% 96.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 97%

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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	9,145x
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	1,880x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,599x

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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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