Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.7% 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	303% 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '20 at 03:20
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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-$442 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 79.6 1-Core 158 2-Core 301 96% 180 Pts	4-Core 586 8-Core 1,165 103% 876 Pts	64-Core 1,598 99% 1,598 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Lighting 97.3 Reflection 87.8 Parallax 90.2 79% 91.8 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 80.4 Splatting 78.2 75% 93.5 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 584GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 855 1626 1737 1733 1736 1736 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	303% Outstanding	Read 1,988 Write 2,031 Mixed 1,691 SusWrite 1,571 410% 1,820 MB/s	4K Read 51.1 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 74 257% 94.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,207 DQ Write 970 DQ Mixed 1,064 803% 1,080 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 303% Great: 347%
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 699GB free Firmware: M6CR030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 356 383 383 383 353 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Read 507 Write 425 Mixed 401 SusWrite 345 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 21 92% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 38.1 98% 206 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4266 C19 4x8GB 855 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	67.3% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 20.5 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 20 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 81.2 49% 81.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 135%

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

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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 $275Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,180x
Core i9-9900KIntel $442Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,207x
Core i5-9600KIntel $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,131x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,963x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,604x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,559x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,325x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,125x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,270x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	933x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	931x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,004

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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