Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	73.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

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Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191126
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '20 at 21:39
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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-$164 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 91.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 274 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 712 80% 626 Pts	64-Core 749 46% 749 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Asus(1043 869F) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.6% Very good	Lighting 94.1 Reflection 79.7 Parallax 77.4 77% 83.8 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 82.6 Splatting 73 68% 84.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0B 1TB 6,502 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 427 425 418 403 406 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 424 Write 451 Mixed 325 SusWrite 408 91% 402 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 47.1 4K Mixed 31.9 96% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 212 196% 303 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 122%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 863GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 102 104 104 104 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 85.2 Write 99.5 Mixed 52.2 SusWrite 102 62% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.1 205% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 4133 C19 Series 2x8GB 2,074 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67% Good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 20.9 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 20.6 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 151%

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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 $258Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,137x
Core i9-9900KIntel $427Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,183x
Core i5-9600KIntel $164Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,115x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,954x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,879x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,598x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,554x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,321x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,120x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $65Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,267x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	928x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	928x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $974

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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