Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	106% 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.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180920
Uptime	10.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '20 at 20:54
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$263 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 145 2-Core 291 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 583 8-Core 959 94% 771 Pts	64-Core 945 58% 945 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2173) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 122 Parallax 128 107% 127 fps	MRender 176 Gravity 127 Splatting 101 107% 135 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,372 Write 1,471 Mixed 1,265 375% 1,703 MB/s	4K Read 54.9 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 73.8 247% 86.3 MB/s	DQ Read 980 DQ Write 1,370 DQ Mixed 1,008 808% 1,119 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 159GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 159 163 161 158 162 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 141 Write 67.3 Mixed 70.8 SusWrite 151 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.9 136% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 26.7 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 27.1 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 104%

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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 $263Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,216x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,236x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,156x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,971x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,891x
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,613x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,570x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,333x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,136x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,278x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	935x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	934x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $1,075

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16