Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180920
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '20 at 21:57
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$242 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 89.6 1-Core 150 2-Core 299 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 598 8-Core 1149 104% 873 Pts	64-Core 1,148 71% 1,148 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2173) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 126 Parallax 128 108% 129 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 125 Splatting 101 106% 134 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2432 Write 1,461 Mixed 1,216 375% 1,703 MB/s	4K Read 57.2 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 76.8 258% 90.6 MB/s	DQ Read 979 DQ Write 1257 DQ Mixed 1,009 792% 1,082 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 310GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 122 122 121 121 121 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 178 Write 163 Mixed 100 SusWrite 120 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.6% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 21.1 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 26 SC Mixed 22.7 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 104%

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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 $242Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,252x
Core i9-9900KIntel $399Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,267x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,173x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,981x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,898x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,622x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,578x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,335x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,142x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,284x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	940x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	937x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,065

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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