Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	116% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190410
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 28 '20 at 09:06
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$410 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 230 89% 155 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 912 78% 668 Pts	64-Core 1,265 78% 1,265 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3172) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 147 Parallax 155 125% 152 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 129 Splatting 105 110% 139 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 815GB free (System drive) Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 91 93 86 97 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 107 Write 107 Mixed 98.3 SusWrite 90.9 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 270GB free Firmware: CC3E SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 94 99 99 98 99 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 96 Write 99 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 97.6 66% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 68%
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB-$46 33,785 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 77GB free Firmware: 3.ADA SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 60 61 61 61 61 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 73.8 Write 73.2 Mixed 44.2 SusWrite 61.1 46% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 42%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 136 148 148 150 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 158 Write 156 Mixed 91.7 SusWrite 146 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 185% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 100%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 32GB 6,329 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 21GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.3 4.6 3.5 4.5 3.8 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	6.64% Terrible	Read 30.2 Write 4.7 Mixed 10.3 SusWrite 4.4 13% 12.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.64% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D32AESB.M16FE 2x16GB 9,626 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 24.6 82% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 32.5 SC Mixed 23.9 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 132%

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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