Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91% 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	199% 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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190902
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '20 at 17:36
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$137 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 149 2-Core 259 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 601 74% 567 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 401E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91% Outstanding	Lighting 110 Reflection 109 Parallax 107 89% 109 fps	MRender 155 Gravity 103 Splatting 96.5 94% 118 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
M Series NVMe SSD 512G 512GB 523 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 313GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0614B0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 897 867 696 681 621 478 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 1,620 Write 1433 Mixed 1,046 SusWrite 707 269% 1,201 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 38.6 165% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 895 DQ Write 986 DQ Mixed 655 572% 845 MB/s
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 251%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 122 123 127 127 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 72.7 Write 116 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 124 68% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.1 234% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 5,494 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	69.3% Good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 22.8 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 18.3 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 72.1 55% 72.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 107%

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

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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 $242Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,253x
Core i9-9900KIntel $399Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,268x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,174x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,982x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,898x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,622x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,578x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,335x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,142x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,284x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	941x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	937x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,065

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16