Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	20.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191126
Uptime	7.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '20 at 02:13
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 91.5 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 681 77% 605 Pts	64-Core 1,120 69% 1,120 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% EVGA(3842 3067) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 121 Parallax 135 102% 127 fps	MRender 176 Gravity 112 Splatting 102 103% 130 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 497 Write 478 Mixed 333 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 81.7 4K Mixed 48.4 164% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 219 202% 310 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Samsung PSSD T7 1TB 2,443 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 928GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 261 255 251 251 255 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 298 Write 341 Mixed 304 SusWrite 255 68% 300 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 38 4K Mixed 26.3 85% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 33.7 66% 132 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 51GB free Firmware: CC3E SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 61 62 63 62 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 70.7 Write 65.2 Mixed 45.7 SusWrite 62.6 45% 61 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 68%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 157GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 113 115 116 116 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 93.5 Write 93.3 Mixed 73.4 SusWrite 115 69% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4.5TB free Firmware: 0911 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 149 158 161 161 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 121 Write 136 Mixed 78 SusWrite 156 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.6 276% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	75.3% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.2 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 24.5 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.3% 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 $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,170x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,199x
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	1,604x

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	1,123x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,269x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	932x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 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 $295	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 $42	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