Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.3% 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	301% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190318
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '20 at 09:01
Run Duration	350 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$192 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 89.8 1-Core 145 2-Core 280 94% 172 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 888 88% 718 Pts	64-Core 1,135 70% 1,135 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2167) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 116 Parallax 119 101% 119 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 99.6 Splatting 85.2 85% 107 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1069 822 820 812 792 792 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	301% Outstanding	Read 2,578 Write 2,316 Mixed 1,600 SusWrite 851 410% 1,836 MB/s	4K Read 63 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 85.1 281% 97.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,414 DQ Write 1,197 DQ Mixed 1,284 968% 1,299 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 301% Great: 355%
SABRENT 29GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 21GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	21% Poor	Read 40.7 Write 40.3 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 40.7 9% 40.5 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 15.5 4K Mixed 15.5 51% 15.5 MB/s	DQ Read 18.5 DQ Write 18.2 DQ Mixed 18.2 14% 18.3 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 76%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 619GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2399 2214 1455 1465 1476 1463 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	359% Outstanding	Read 2,511 Write 2,359 Mixed 1,819 SusWrite 1,745 474% 2,109 MB/s	4K Read 63.5 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 85.8 282% 97.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,522 DQ Write 1,368 DQ Mixed 1,432 1,077% 1,441 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 359% Great: 410%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 377GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 488 488 489 488 488 488 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 486 Mixed 459 SusWrite 488 110% 487 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 57.3 193% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 353 265% 355 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%
HP S700 500GB-$60 12,813 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 458GB free Firmware: S0704A1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 422 422 421 422 423 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 408 Mixed 411 SusWrite 424 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 35.2 160% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 54.2 97% 188 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 100%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$58 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 33 34 34 34 34 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 170 Write 32.5 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 33.7 48% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 84%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$51 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 488GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 144 146 147 147 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 143 Write 162 Mixed 87.7 SusWrite 146 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.9 199% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 112%
WDC WD20 EADS-00W4B0 2TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 2TB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 105 104 104 104 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 105 Write 104 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 104 129% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 105% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x16GB 8,488 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	72.9% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 22.8 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 23.1 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 89%

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Workstation 132%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-A - $175

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $259Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,225x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,245x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,164x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,972x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,894x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,615x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,573x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,333x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,137x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,279x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	937x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	934x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,085

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16