Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics6.58% 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 Drive236% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z390-A  (all builds)
Memory7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180920
Uptime6.4 Days
Run DateSep 16 '20 at 06:10
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 19%

 PC Performing below expectations (34th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
80% Excellent
Memory 77.3
1-Core 113
2-Core 224
77% 138 Pts
4-Core 445
8-Core 640
68% 543 Pts
64-Core 640
40% 640 Pts
Poor: 79%
This bench: 80%
Great: 101%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7)
Asus(1043 8694) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6291
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
6.58% Terrible
Lighting 6.47
Reflection 10.3
Parallax 7.28
5% 8.03 fps
MRender 11.1
Gravity 6.53
Splatting 14.5
9% 10.7 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.58%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
147GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 576 481 469 456 452 437 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
236% Outstanding
Read 2,340
Write 2,051
Mixed 1,371
SusWrite 478
347% 1,560 MB/s
4K Read 52.6
4K Write 99.6
4K Mixed 66.8
218% 73 MB/s
DQ Read 1,244
DQ Write 799
DQ Mixed 985
744% 1,010 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 236%
Great: 340%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
182GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 129 128 131 130 130 MB/s
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
91.9% Outstanding
Read 191
Write 189
Mixed 77.5
SusWrite 129
107% 147 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 91.9%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$63
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
60.5% Good
MC Read 27.5
MC Write 16.6
MC Mixed 20.1
61% 21.4 GB/s
SC Read 15
SC Write 19.6
SC Mixed 20.5
52% 18.4 GB/s
Latency 85.7
47% 85.7 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 60.5%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z390-A Builds (Compare 26,211 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: $963
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