Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190606
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '20 at 04:26
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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-$410 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 78.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 220 76% 137 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 760 73% 599 Pts	64-Core 1,212 75% 1,212 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3071) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.4% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 116 Parallax 126 102% 122 fps	MRender 148 Gravity 107 Splatting 85 89% 113 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM11.2 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 43.5 Write 176 Mixed 16.9 18% 79 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 33.4 4K Mixed 16.3 39% 16.7 MB/s	DQ Read 40.5 DQ Write 57.1 DQ Mixed 104 63% 67.2 MB/s
Poor: 37% Great: 94%
Adaptec Array 12TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 10TB free Firmware: V1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 361 357 347 364 361 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	101% Outstanding	Read 382 Write 349 Mixed 369 SusWrite 359 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 57.7 4K Write 45.2 4K Mixed 51.1 177% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 197 150% 201 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%
Seagate ST3160023AS 160GB-$24 4,798 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 149GB free Firmware: 8.12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 56 56 55 56 57 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 56.1 Write 14.2 Mixed 37.7 SusWrite 56.2 30% 41 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 32%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 244GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 135 136 135 136 139 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 150 Write 137 Mixed 79.1 SusWrite 136 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 234% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	63.5% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 19.3 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 83.4 48% 83.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 109%

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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 $295Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,178x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,206x
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 $97Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	931x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,023

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 $40	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