Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	88.1% 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	91.9% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	20.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200221
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '20 at 15:25
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing below expectations (25^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	65.8% Good	Memory 63.1 1-Core 92.3 2-Core 217 67% 124 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 565 58% 467 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 872F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.1% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 101 Parallax 101 88% 104 fps	MRender 145 Gravity 96.5 Splatting 88.8 87% 110 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 401GB free Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 813 982 1168 1167 1219 1170 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,331 Write 1,245 Mixed 971 SusWrite 1,086 260% 1,158 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 56.8 194% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 684 DQ Write 757 DQ Mixed 273 329% 571 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 295%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 288GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 358 367 361 364 368 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 428 Write 378 Mixed 286 SusWrite 357 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 34.2 123% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 253 213% 310 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 65GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 287 72 63 65 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 460 Write 427 Mixed 390 SusWrite 148 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 77.2 4K Mixed 33.1 126% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 348 261% 349 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 121%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 710GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 148 154 153 143 149 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 170 Mixed 31.9 SusWrite 149 94% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 108%
Intenso Alu Line 32GB 630 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 0GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 1 1% 1 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Mixed 0 2% 0.15 MB/s
Poor: 2% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x16GB 15,511 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 21 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.8 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 119 34% 119 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 106%

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

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-A - $175

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,150x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,185x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,119x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,958x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,881x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,602x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,555x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,321x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,122x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,267x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	929x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	928x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $985

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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