Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 165% UFO	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 160% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	153% 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	320% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190902
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '20 at 15:11
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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-$280 324,023 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 5.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 156 2-Core 317 107% 190 Pts	4-Core 635 8-Core 1,255 116% 945 Pts	64-Core 1,255 84% 1,255 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$770 146,703 User benchmarks, average bench 138% Gigabyte(1458 3FF4) CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 4250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	153% Outstanding	Lighting 201 Reflection 186 Parallax 184 162% 190 fps	MRender 221 Gravity 168 Splatting 118 142% 169 fps
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 151%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$85 222,396 User benchmarks, average bench 289% 269GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 891 799 869 845 851 830 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	320% Outstanding	Read 2671 Write 2,473 Mixed 1,894 SusWrite 847 441% 1,971 MB/s	4K Read 68.9 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 91.1 302% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,642 DQ Write 1386 DQ Mixed 1,506 1,131% 1,512 MB/s
Poor: 208% ↑ This bench: 320% Great: 333%
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 34,255 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 428GB free Firmware: UG5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 120 248 268 275 271 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 462 Write 382 Mixed 328 SusWrite 266 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 47.9 4K Mixed 20.5 82% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 98 DQ Mixed 46 51% 87.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 60%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$100 111,216 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 449GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 490 485 485 482 484 484 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 492 Mixed 414 SusWrite 485 107% 477 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 55.4 205% 79.4 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 353 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 122%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 2,319,706 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 720GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 109 109 110 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 108 Write 96.2 Mixed 84.2 SusWrite 109 73% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 209% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 122,321 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 44 MC Write 45.2 MC Mixed 29.7 113% 39.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 43.3 SC Mixed 33.4 94% 33 GB/s	Latency 45.7 88% 45.7 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Gaming 118%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 111%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-A - $172

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $280Bench 98%, 324,023 samples	8,547x
Core i9-9900KIntel $399Bench 97%, 314,638 samples	5,235x
Core i5-9600KIntel $208Bench 95%, 241,027 samples	4,988x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 118%, 403,865 samples	3,124x
RTX 2070Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 326,115 samples	1,901x
RTX 2080S (Super)Nvidia $770Bench 138%, 146,703 samples	1,557x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $130Bench 310%, 189,476 samples	1,464x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $85Bench 289%, 222,396 samples	1,331x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $110Bench 115%, 336,749 samples	1,313x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $95Bench 85%, 179,799 samples	1,834x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 377,979 samples	1,212x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $71Bench 83%, 417,739 samples	1,181x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $1,187

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $208	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $47	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16