Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	80.7% 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	259% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	17.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190902
Uptime	17.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '20 at 01:49
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 91.3 1-Core 166 2-Core 330 105% 196 Pts	4-Core 659 8-Core 954 101% 807 Pts	64-Core 988 61% 988 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.7% Excellent	Lighting 99.7 Reflection 111 Parallax 93.8 81% 101 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 94.7 Splatting 99.4 80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDS500G3XHC-00SJG0 500GB 11,656 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1100 632 618 615 580 568 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 2,028 Write 2,167 Mixed 1,693 SusWrite 685 369% 1,643 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 65.9 224% 82.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,625 DQ Write 1394 DQ Mixed 1,442 1,099% 1,487 MB/s
Poor: 184% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 288%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 82GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 485 455 450 440 420 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 485 Mixed 415 SusWrite 456 104% 464 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 57.7 196% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 349 264% 353 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%
WD Re 2TB-$54 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 366GB free Firmware: HPG1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 74 76 75 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 72.2 Write 75.2 Mixed 65.3 SusWrite 74.7 53% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.9 201% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 83%
WD Re 4TB (2012)-$52 4,260 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01K02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 137 140 139 136 137 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 133 Write 138 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 138 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 198% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15/8G Corsair CMK8GX4M2A2400C16 KHX2400C15/8G Corsair CMK8GX4M2A2400C16 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 25.1 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 24.6 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 83%

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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 $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,167x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,194x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,125x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,960x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,603x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,557x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,322x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	930x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $978

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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