Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	68.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200221
Uptime	20.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '20 at 21:24
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th 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-$242 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 159 2-Core 318 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 631 8-Core 1,127 106% 879 Pts	64-Core 1,226 76% 1,226 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1100 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Lighting 88.5 Reflection 61.3 Parallax 113 72% 87.7 fps	MRender 61.9 Gravity 80 Splatting 78.6 61% 73.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 364 363 371 366 307 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 357 Mixed 328 SusWrite 357 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 45.4 166% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 264 221% 321 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$47 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 207 211 209 209 209 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 150 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 209 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 110% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 46,140 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 40.6 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 32.2 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 36.5 SC Mixed 30 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 119%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $242Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,268x
Core i9-9900KIntel $399Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,278x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,183x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,984x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,902x
RTX 3080Nvidia $435Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,623x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,582x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $157Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,336x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,144x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $59Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,285x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	941x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	938x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,069

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16