Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.4% 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	112% 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 (100%). 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	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190606
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '20 at 04:43
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$145 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.1 1-Core 136 2-Core 279 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 701 80% 628 Pts	64-Core 759 47% 759 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Sapphire(174B 1071) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.4% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 112 Parallax 97.1 85% 104 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 97.3 Splatting 101 81% 98.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 247GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 441 462 373 453 396 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 460 Mixed 382 SusWrite 425 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 49.5 164% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 327 251% 341 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB 32,020 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 176GB free Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1854 897 892 867 876 542 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 1,539 Write 2,281 Mixed 1,626 SusWrite 988 364% 1,609 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 51.6 192% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,504 DQ Write 1,238 DQ Mixed 1,423 1,052% 1,388 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 298%
Liteonit LAT-256M2S 256GB 534 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 70GB free Firmware: PND8 SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 291 290 263 292 279 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 363 Write 280 Mixed 258 SusWrite 283 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 18.3 70% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 69.8 DQ Write 44.6 DQ Mixed 47.9 38% 54.1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 56%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$81 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 194GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 78 81 79 80 81 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 141 Write 141 Mixed 68.7 SusWrite 79.6 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 183% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 2666 C16 Series 2x16GB 512 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 24.9 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 30.3 SC Mixed 23.8 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 94%

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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 $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,206x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,221x
Core i5-9600KIntel $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,150x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,966x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,888x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,610x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,566x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,331x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,132x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,277x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	934x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	933x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,086

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16