Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	100% 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.
Boot Drive	172% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190318
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '20 at 17:45
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing below expectations (28^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-$265 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 231 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 651 70% 558 Pts	64-Core 818 51% 818 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 8670) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 118 Parallax 117 100% 119 fps	MRender 162 Gravity 125 Splatting 99.8 102% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN500 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$37 14,368 User benchmarks, average bench 189% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: 201000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 525 446 504 481 508 499 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 1,054 Write 1,035 Mixed 876 SusWrite 494 194% 865 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 51.4 186% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 993 DQ Write 926 DQ Mixed 981 730% 966 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 228%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 90GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 326 412 368 177 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 403 Write 398 Mixed 346 SusWrite 277 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 78.4 4K Mixed 42.6 139% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 337 252% 335 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 133%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 353GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 132 143 146 155 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 125 Write 114 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 141 73% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 145% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G36C16U4WL.M8FE1 4x8GB 827 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 41.6 MC Write 45.2 MC Mixed 35.2 116% 40.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 26.8 76% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 127%

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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 $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,198x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,216x
Core i5-9600KIntel $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,145x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,965x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,887x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,609x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,563x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,330x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,130x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,276x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	933x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	932x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,092

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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