Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 98%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.1% 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	137% 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	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '20 at 03:48
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 135 2-Core 272 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 544 8-Core 786 83% 665 Pts	64-Core 797 49% 797 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3773) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 113 Parallax 107 88% 109 fps	MRender 99.9 Gravity 100 Splatting 101 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4003 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 242 207 197 201 209 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 1179 Write 291 Mixed 400 SusWrite 217 114% 522 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 50.6 196% 78.2 MB/s	DQ Read 402 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 290 238% 341 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 193%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 474GB free Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1316 1380 1406 1419 1421 1413 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	270% Outstanding	Read 1,507 Write 1,495 Mixed 1,107 SusWrite 1,392 310% 1,375 MB/s	4K Read 60.8 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 79.9 287% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 683 DQ Write 960 DQ Mixed 274 360% 639 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 270% Great: 295%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 413GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 312 310 310 309 309 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 470 Mixed 440 SusWrite 331 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 68.5 4K Mixed 39.9 139% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 242 176% 228 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 97%
Seagate ST2000LM015-2E8174 2TB 39,476 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 8101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 129 133 134 135 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 114 Write 124 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 132 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 192% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G4D26AFEA.16FAD 2x8GB 2,922 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 28.1 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 36.3 SC Mixed 25.9 79% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 94%

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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	9,168x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,197x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,127x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,961x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,603x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,558x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,323x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,122x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,269x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	931x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	930x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $973

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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