Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	73.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	207% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '20 at 14:57
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$252 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 123 2-Core 245 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 927 84% 708 Pts	64-Core 957 59% 957 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC8) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Lighting 96.6 Reflection 85 Parallax 82.2 79% 87.9 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 79.3 Splatting 76.3 62% 75.6 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 860 803 808 804 789 781 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 2,116 Write 1,937 Mixed 1,374 SusWrite 808 348% 1,559 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 76.5 4K Mixed 56.4 182% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 364 270% 357 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 355%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 347GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 401 452 454 458 384 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 452 Mixed 402 SusWrite 410 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 43.3 138% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 338 254% 339 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 129%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 50.0AB50 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 111 109 110 111 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 99.8 Write 101 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 110 70% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 67%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 144 145 144 144 145 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 154 Write 92.1 Mixed 89 SusWrite 142 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 29.9 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 39.1 SC Mixed 27.7 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 98.2% 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	9,150x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,185x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,119x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,958x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,881x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,602x

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 $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,122x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,267x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	929x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	928x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $985

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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