Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.6% 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	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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	23.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '20 at 16:30
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 82.4 1-Core 135 2-Core 243 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 799 79% 643 Pts	64-Core 1038 64% 1038 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.6% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 131 Parallax 122 96% 124 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 126 Splatting 111 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2205 Write 668 Mixed 1163 294% 1,345 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 64.1 210% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 980 DQ Write 930 DQ Mixed 1,006 741% 972 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 250GB-$50 5,775 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 209GB free Firmware: X61170RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 200 202 196 200 197 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 456 Mixed 315 SusWrite 207 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 80 4K Mixed 41.7 142% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 254 214% 311 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 106%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 462GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1976 985 826 825 827 828 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	283% Outstanding	Read 2,350 Write 2,055 Mixed 1,738 SusWrite 1,044 402% 1,797 MB/s	4K Read 55.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 72.9 237% 80.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,263 DQ Write 1,066 DQ Mixed 1,172 876% 1,167 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 283% Great: 355%
WD WD40EZRZ-00GXCB0 1TB 215GB free Firmware: JB0OA3T0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 92 92 92 92 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 95.2 Write 86.8 Mixed 20 SusWrite 91.4 53% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 120% 0.87 MB/s

WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 153 155 156 155 155 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 138 Write 138 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 154 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 152 164 158 160 162 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 42 Write 78.5 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 158 64% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.6 197% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 902GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 148 150 150 149 151 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 143 Mixed 81 SusWrite 148 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 113%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.5% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 19 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 20.7 60% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 104%

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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 $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,167x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,194x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,125x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,960x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,603x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,557x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,322x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,122x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,269x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	931x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	930x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $978

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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