Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 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	63.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	253% 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, 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	29.2 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	Feb 26 '20 at 01:27
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$403 354,223 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 95.6 1-Core 159 2-Core 317 104% 190 Pts	4-Core 599 8-Core 1,125 103% 862 Pts	64-Core 1,641 102% 1,641 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: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Lighting 79.3 Reflection 82.8 Parallax 71.4 65% 77.9 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 75.9 Splatting 75.8 61% 74.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.5% 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% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1267 309 311 310 312 311 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 2490 Write 1472 Mixed 1,277 SusWrite 470 316% 1,427 MB/s	4K Read 62.9 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 76.4 260% 88.4 MB/s	DQ Read 977 DQ Write 1,017 DQ Mixed 1,012 757% 1,002 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 280%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 352GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 485 486 489 488 489 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 455 Mixed 430 SusWrite 486 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 56.7 188% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 354 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 12,928 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 838GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 80 80 82 82 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 69.3 Write 70.5 Mixed 56.9 SusWrite 81.3 51% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43.3% 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 (88^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 25.5 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 27.6 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 94%

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

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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 $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,203x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,220x
Core i5-9600KIntel $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,147x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,965x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,887x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,610x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,564x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,331x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,132x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,277x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	933x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	933x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,092

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16