Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 102% UFO


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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	87.3% 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	366% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '20 at 20:51
Run Duration	319 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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 i9-9900K-$409 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 160 2-Core 319 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 638 8-Core 1,219 110% 928 Pts	64-Core 1,734 107% 1,734 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,306 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% Nvidia(10DE 147D) ≥ 4GB; Founders CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 456.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.3% Excellent	Lighting 38.9 Reflection 297 Parallax 176 32% 171 fps	MRender 348 Gravity 260 Splatting 149 195% 253 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 349GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2273 618 619 618 620 620 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	313% Outstanding	Read 2,544 Write 2,387 Mixed 1,745 SusWrite 894 423% 1,893 MB/s	4K Read 65.8 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 86.6 286% 98.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,634 DQ Write 1,428 DQ Mixed 1,459 1,113% 1507 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 313% Great: 340%
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2199 2172 2036 1948 1827 1445 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	366% Outstanding	Read 2,691 Write 2,208 Mixed 1,530 SusWrite 1,938 468% 2,092 MB/s	4K Read 56.6 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 74 262% 94.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,454 DQ Write 1,236 DQ Mixed 1,317 994% 1,336 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 366% Great: 393%
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 364GB free Firmware: N1007C SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 427 428 428 429 427 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 424 Mixed 316 SusWrite 428 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 41.8 148% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 147 145% 230 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 105%
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB 30,264 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 296GB free Firmware: R0522A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 445 445 445 446 445 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 448 Mixed 420 SusWrite 447 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 30.3 142% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 45.4 96% 192 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB 30,264 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 118GB free Firmware: R0522A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 184 173 58 120 39 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 502 Write 442 Mixed 420 SusWrite 172 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 30 140% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 45.6 102% 207 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 102%
WD Re 4TB (2012)-$64 4,260 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2TB free Firmware: 00.0NS05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 139 139 138 141 140 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 150 Write 142 Mixed 86.9 SusWrite 139 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 1 213% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 4x8GB 19,774 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 28.9 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 44.9 SC Mixed 31.4 94% 32.8 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 104%

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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 $249Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,143x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,183x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,118x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,956x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,879x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,598x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,555x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,321x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,120x

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

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $963

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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