Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	94.7% 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	296% 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	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 (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190410
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '20 at 11:24
Run Duration	294 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	74%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th 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-$412 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 89.9 1-Core 156 2-Core 307 100% 184 Pts	4-Core 601 8-Core 1,199 106% 900 Pts	64-Core 1645 102% 1645 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3752) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 118 Parallax 109 99% 116 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 102 Splatting 86 86% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 PRO 512GB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 284% 369GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2015 619 612 613 612 618 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	296% Outstanding	Read 2,520 Write 2,246 Mixed 1324 SusWrite 848 387% 1,735 MB/s	4K Read 62.2 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 81.8 271% 93.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,464 DQ Write 1,196 DQ Mixed 1311 987% 1,323 MB/s
Poor: 229% ↑ This bench: 296% Great: 329%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 913GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2393 2237 1479 1483 1479 1494 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	357% Outstanding	Read 2,575 Write 2,036 Mixed 1,789 SusWrite 1,761 457% 2,040 MB/s	4K Read 60.1 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 81 262% 89.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,538 DQ Write 1,375 DQ Mixed 1442 1,085% 1,452 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 357% Great: 410%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 798GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 486 486 487 484 485 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 485 Mixed 432 SusWrite 484 108% 478 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 90.3 4K Mixed 54.7 180% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 349 262% 351 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%
WD Se 2TB (2013)-$39 2,177 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 582GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 117 115 117 118 116 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 126 Write 113 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 116 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.9 205% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 733GB free Firmware: HP64 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 119 117 119 120 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	66% Good	Read 111 Write 64.2 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 119 66% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 30,689 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.8% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 24.2 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 118%

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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	9,147x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,184x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,119x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,957x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,881x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,601x

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	1,121x

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 $134	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