Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	340% 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 (34%). 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	28.1 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 17 '20 at 07:39
Run Duration	261 Seconds
Run User	VAT-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^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)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 739 77% 618 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93.9% 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)	61.9% Good	Lighting 77.5 Reflection 80.5 Parallax 98.6 63% 85.5 fps	MRender 76.6 Gravity 78.8 Splatting 65.1 59% 73.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.9% 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% 798GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1943 2145 1593 1554 1539 1534 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	340% Outstanding	Read 2,557 Write 2,367 Mixed 1,869 SusWrite 1,718 478% 2,128 MB/s	4K Read 57.9 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 78.3 254% 86.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,372 DQ Write 1,065 DQ Mixed 1,185 896% 1,207 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 340% Great: 372%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 419GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 479 482 477 429 280 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 483 Mixed 453 SusWrite 436 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 91.7 4K Mixed 53.4 177% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 352 266% 357 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 129%
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 389GB free Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 420 421 416 424 424 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 433 Mixed 407 SusWrite 424 100% 442 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 70.3 4K Mixed 25.2 110% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 33.1 102% 219 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 92%
TOSHIBA-TR200 480GB 11,560 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 402GB free Firmware: SBFA15.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 321 226 228 230 223 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 427 Mixed 370 SusWrite 275 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 72.6 4K Mixed 40 145% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 232 199% 291 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 102%
TOSHIBA-TR200 480GB 11,560 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 375GB free Firmware: SBFA15.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 231 224 285 220 221 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 225 Write 105 Mixed 348 SusWrite 270 54% 237 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 39.6 145% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 226 196% 289 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 982GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 176 176 174 176 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 128 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 174 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.7% 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 (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 43.3 MC Write 44.5 MC Mixed 33.9 116% 40.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 44.4 SC Mixed 30.8 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 112% 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 $249Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,145x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,183x
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	1,880x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,599x

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 $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,121x

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

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $982

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 $184	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) $35	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