Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	341% 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 (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '20 at 12:11
Run Duration	263 Seconds
Run User	VAT-User
Background CPU	53%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400F-$102 299,482 User benchmarks, average bench 85% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 710 76% 604 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% ASRock(1849 5032) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1560 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Lighting 77 Reflection 80.6 Parallax 98 63% 85.2 fps	MRender 77 Gravity 78.1 Splatting 65 59% 73.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 799GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1936 2019 1617 1550 1549 1546 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	341% Outstanding	Read 2,584 Write 2,344 Mixed 1,845 SusWrite 1,703 476% 2,119 MB/s	4K Read 58.6 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 77.5 255% 87.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,417 DQ Write 1,054 DQ Mixed 1,220 916% 1,230 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 341% Great: 372%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 316GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 477 480 480 425 281 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 481 Mixed 452 SusWrite 436 106% 470 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 54.2 172% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 354 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 129%
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 447GB free Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 424 424 434 428 429 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 510 Write 442 Mixed 405 SusWrite 432 101% 447 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 73.4 4K Mixed 20.3 95% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 33.3 82% 166 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 92%
TOSHIBA-TR200 480GB 11,560 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 447GB free Firmware: SBFA15.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 446 340 231 228 357 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 236 Write 106 Mixed 354 SusWrite 341 59% 259 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 40.4 152% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 234 199% 290 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 102%
TOSHIBA-TR200 480GB 11,560 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 374GB free Firmware: SBFA15.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 448 314 228 228 322 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 235 Write 119 Mixed 350 SusWrite 332 59% 259 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 40.4 151% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 226 196% 289 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 982GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 175 178 177 177 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 134 Mixed 82.1 SusWrite 174 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 4x8GB 11,968 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 43.8 MC Write 44.2 MC Mixed 34.7 117% 40.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 45.3 SC Mixed 32 94% 32.9 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 105%

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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	9,168x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,197x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,127x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,961x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,603x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,558x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,323x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,122x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,269x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	931x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	930x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $973

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $45	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