Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.02% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	319% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191126
Uptime	12.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '20 at 11:27
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (82^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-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 144 2-Core 282 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 812 84% 676 Pts	64-Core 828 51% 828 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 65,338 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7870 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.02% Terrible	Lighting 6.77 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 8.25 6% 8.74 fps	MRender 11.8 Gravity 7.07 Splatting 16 10% 11.6 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.02% Great: 7%

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% 262GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1057 813 800 786 796 789 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	319% Outstanding	Read 2,608 Write 2,323 Mixed 1483 SusWrite 840 404% 1,814 MB/s	4K Read 69.5 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 94.2 308% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,577 DQ Write 1,443 DQ Mixed 1,553 1,153% 1,524 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 319% Great: 355%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 466GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 486 487 481 486 487 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 485 Mixed 390 SusWrite 485 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 58.6 198% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 353 265% 354 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 195 194 195 195 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 151 Mixed 85 SusWrite 193 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 192 194 191 194 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 123 Mixed 84 SusWrite 191 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 27GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 19 19 20 20 20 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 148 Write 99.7 Mixed 107 SusWrite 32.9 121% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 4.3 293% 4.57 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.3% Very good	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 21.4 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 22.5 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 110%

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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 $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,147x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,184x
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	1,881x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,601x

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 $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,121x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,267x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	929x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	928x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $985

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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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