Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	88.9% 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	205% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190318
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '20 at 18:22
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900KF-$295 50,265 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 156 2-Core 298 102% 184 Pts	4-Core 597 8-Core 1,131 103% 864 Pts	64-Core 1,644 102% 1,644 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Nvidia(10DE 12FD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.9% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 113 Parallax 106 91% 110 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 97.7 Splatting 86 86% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
KingFast 480GB 584 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 211GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0318B0G SusWrite @10s intervals: 1055 1369 1550 464 743 66 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	205% Outstanding	Read 1,700 Write 1,145 Mixed 1,060 SusWrite 874 267% 1,195 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 26.8 164% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 915 DQ Write 727 DQ Mixed 537 479% 727 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 103%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 929GB free Firmware: MS2OA8R0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 185 185 185 186 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 171 Mixed 28.8 SusWrite 185 101% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 140% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$65 38,251 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3733 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 40.4 MC Write 42.6 MC Mixed 28.2 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 24.1 SC Write 47.2 SC Mixed 31.3 98% 34.2 GB/s	Latency 47.6 84% 47.6 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 122%

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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%

UFO

Workstation 132%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-A - $175

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $295Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,178x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,205x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,130x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,963x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $600Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,604x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,558x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,325x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,125x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,270x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	933x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	931x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,021

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $45	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