Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	69.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98.8% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '20 at 21:07
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 141 2-Core 280 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 553 8-Core 812 85% 682 Pts	64-Core 814 50% 814 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2986) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Lighting 88.9 Reflection 91.5 Parallax 80.2 72% 86.9 fps	MRender 83.4 Gravity 80.9 Splatting 72.3 64% 78.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 294GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 313 303 306 309 308 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 319 Mixed 312 SusWrite 306 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 91.2 4K Mixed 38.2 146% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 245 211% 312 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 129%
Transcend SSD370S 512GB-$209 3,350 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 171GB free Firmware: O0919A SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 424 431 437 433 437 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 430 Mixed 338 SusWrite 419 95% 425 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 50.6 169% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 201 171% 250 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 111%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 341GB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 86 87 88 88 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 156 Write 110 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 87.1 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 174 176 175 175 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 124 Mixed 77 SusWrite 173 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 96%
WD Purple 4TB (2014)-$71 8,426 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 104 105 106 105 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 135 Write 133 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 104 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 22.1 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 24 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 90%

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

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Workstation 132%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-A - $175

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $249Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,144x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,183x
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	1,879x
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	1,120x

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

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $982

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 $46

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