Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 98.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.32% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '20 at 20:33
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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-$405 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Memory 89.6 1-Core 150 2-Core 285 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 1,047 97% 810 Pts	64-Core 1,586 98% 1,586 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 65,338 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.32% Terrible	Lighting 6.9 Reflection 12.4 Parallax 9.34 6% 9.54 fps	MRender 12.6 Gravity 7.63 Splatting 17.1 11% 12.4 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.32% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$142 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 931GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1686 2328 1315 1167 1179 1176 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	317% Outstanding	Read 2,494 Write 2,348 Mixed 1,766 SusWrite 1,475 453% 2,021 MB/s	4K Read 62.3 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 79.5 260% 87.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1164 DQ Write 929 DQ Mixed 1,039 780% 1044 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 317% Great: 372%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$63 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 20 24 88 71 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Read 8.7 Write 18.4 Mixed 44.8 SusWrite 53.3 24% 31.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.3 302% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 90%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$26 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 141GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 86 76 84 78 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	29.4% Poor	Read 19.4 Write 137 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 83.1 47% 65.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.3 63% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 107%
WDC WD50 00AADS-00S9B0 500GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 221GB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 36 36 37 37 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Read 38.3 Write 38 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 36.6 48% 35.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 94% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 20%
WDC WD50 00AADS-11M2B2 500GB 31GB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.7 4.6 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	11.4% Very poor	Read 39 Write 38.9 Mixed 30.1 SusWrite 4.6 36% 28.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 74% 0.9 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 2x16GB 1,843 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.8 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 24.6 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 96%

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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 $259Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,318x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,316x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,196x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,989x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,914x
RTX 3080Nvidia $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,630x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $69Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,588x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $142Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,339x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,146x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,295x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	948x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	941x

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Total price: $1,063

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