Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	69% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.5% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	9.5 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 16 '20 at 08:06
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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-$145 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 120 2-Core 279 89% 163 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 809 85% 679 Pts	64-Core 804 50% 804 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 97% 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: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69% Good	Lighting 88.2 Reflection 91.8 Parallax 80.4 72% 86.8 fps	MRender 82.8 Gravity 79.6 Splatting 72.1 63% 78.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$75 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 216GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 301 305 304 303 304 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 303 Mixed 297 SusWrite 298 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 87.6 4K Mixed 36 140% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 233 201% 299 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 129%
Transcend SSD370S 512GB-$209 3,350 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 56GB free Firmware: O0919A SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 421 215 159 198 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 428 Mixed 316 SusWrite 236 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 50.3 169% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 199 170% 249 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 111%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 336GB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 86 88 87 89 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 151 Write 101 Mixed 76 SusWrite 87.2 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 175 175 176 174 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 127 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 173 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 96%
WD Purple 4TB (2014)-$73 8,426 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 106 105 104 106 105 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 135 Write 126 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 104 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.6% 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 (54^th percentile)	76% Very good	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 22.1 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 23.4 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 90%

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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 $275Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,183x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,212x
Core i5-9600KIntel $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,137x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,964x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,608x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,560x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $154Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,327x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,127x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,271x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	933x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	931x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,004

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16