Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 19%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 102%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 109%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics7.1% 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 Drive292% 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.
Memory64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z390-A  (all builds)
Memory58.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190410
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 06 '20 at 10:03
Run Duration204 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (75th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-9700K-$258
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 5.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Memory 96
1-Core 169
2-Core 337
108% 201 Pts
4-Core 656
8-Core 1,320
116% 988 Pts
64-Core 1,310
81% 1,310 Pts
Poor: 82%
This bench: 109%
Great: 105%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Asus(1043 8694) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8476
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
7.1% Terrible
Lighting 6.57
Reflection 12
Parallax 8.69
5% 9.1 fps
MRender 13.4
Gravity 7.33
Splatting 16.4
10% 12.4 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 7.1%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
200GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 877 583 578 577 567 564 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
292% Outstanding
Read 2,496
Write 2,274
Mixed 1,282
SusWrite 624
372% 1,669 MB/s
4K Read 60.2
4K Write 141
4K Mixed 82.8
272% 94.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,665
DQ Write 1,470
DQ Mixed 1,516
1,150% 1550 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 292%
Great: 340%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74
162GB free
Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 116 114 38 29 377 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
144% Outstanding
Read 1,445
Write 122
Mixed 205
SusWrite 132
101% 476 MB/s
4K Read 56
4K Write 71.9
4K Mixed 56.8
196% 61.6 MB/s
DQ Read 681
DQ Write 89.7
DQ Mixed 143
166% 304 MB/s
Poor: 130%
This bench: 144%
Great: 295%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68
737GB free
Firmware: HP75
SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 196 195 195 194 198 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
110% Outstanding
Read 187
Write 164
Mixed 28.5
SusWrite 195
103% 144 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 2.1
384% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 110%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB-$143
4 of 4 slots used
64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
104% Outstanding
MC Read 38.6
MC Write 41
MC Mixed 32.9
107% 37.5 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 41.5
SC Mixed 29.6
86% 30.1 GB/s
Latency 54.1
74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 104%
Great: 135%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z390-A Builds (Compare 26,200 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 144%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 132%
UFO

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-A - $175

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $974
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