Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99% 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	69.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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	14.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181221
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '20 at 22:07
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 256 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 633 70% 551 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37C2) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 115 Parallax 126 99% 121 fps	MRender 168 Gravity 117 Splatting 92.6 99% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41320RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 144 174 174 122 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 460 Write 444 Mixed 283 SusWrite 148 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 24.3 90% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 247 206% 298 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 101%
Toshiba MQ01ABD075 750GB-$40 42,694 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 104GB free Firmware: AX0A4M SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 82 86 87 87 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 85.2 Write 81 Mixed 31.2 SusWrite 85.9 52% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 57%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 171GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 114 109 118 158 158 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 121 Write 115 Mixed 73 SusWrite 136 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 216% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 109%
WD Re 2TB-$28 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 507GB free Firmware: 01.01D02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 86 86 84 86 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 69 Write 66.3 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 85.4 52% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2600, 2600, 2600, 2600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.1% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 23.6 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 22 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 78%

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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	9,207x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,222x
Core i5-9600KIntel $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,150x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,966x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,888x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,610x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,566x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,331x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,133x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,277x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	934x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	933x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,090

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16