Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 155% UFO	Desktop 110% UFO	Workstation 152% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 111%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	140% 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.
Boot Drive	323% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190902
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 22 '20 at 16:31
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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-$249 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 5.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 165 2-Core 291 103% 184 Pts	4-Core 660 8-Core 1,316 117% 988 Pts	64-Core 1,312 81% 1,312 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Gigabyte(1458 3FF4) CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 4250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Lighting 195 Reflection 181 Parallax 195 159% 190 fps	MRender 222 Gravity 167 Splatting 116 132% 168 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 139%

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% 271GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 914 801 877 862 859 835 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	323% Outstanding	Read 2,679 Write 2,467 Mixed 1,908 SusWrite 858 442% 1,978 MB/s	4K Read 69 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 90.8 302% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,712 DQ Write 1,430 DQ Mixed 1,537 1,161% 1,560 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 323% Great: 355%
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 432GB free Firmware: UG5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 158 65 145 276 283 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 463 Write 380 Mixed 336 SusWrite 222 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 46.2 4K Mixed 20.5 87% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 95.9 DQ Mixed 45.6 50% 85.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 61%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 471GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 482 492 485 485 489 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 492 Mixed 416 SusWrite 485 108% 478 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 54.7 203% 78.8 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 353 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 121%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 720GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 108 109 109 110 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 109 Write 95.5 Mixed 72 SusWrite 108 71% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 41.3 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 27.2 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 39.4 SC Mixed 31.4 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 47 85% 47 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 111%

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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 $249Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,143x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,183x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,118x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,956x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,879x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,598x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,555x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,321x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,120x

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $963

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 $184	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) $35	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