Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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	85.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 20 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '20 at 07:20
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$265 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 90.8 1-Core 159 2-Core 318 102% 189 Pts	4-Core 634 8-Core 1,260 112% 947 Pts	64-Core 1,258 78% 1,258 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 126 Parallax 110 87% 114 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 107 Splatting 93.5 82% 101 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
T-force 1TB 1TB 7,956 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 874GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1230A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 427 434 445 445 439 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 436 Mixed 410 SusWrite 420 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 29.8 135% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 48.9 92% 179 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 109%
SHGS31-500GS-2 500GB 9,480 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 42GB free Firmware: 90000Q00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 411 284 233 173 117 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 476 Mixed 422 SusWrite 262 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 34.8 132% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 350 263% 351 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 109%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 72GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 125 62 366 107 54 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 866 Write 553 Mixed 562 SusWrite 175 120% 539 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 50.1 181% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 505 DQ Mixed 310 259% 364 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 157%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 715GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 120 120 119 121 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 80 Write 83.3 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 121 59% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.4 94% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSE.M8FADM Corsair CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 BLS4G4D240FSE.M8FADM BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD 20GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 24.4 82% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 34.4 SC Mixed 24.8 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 82%

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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 $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,198x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,216x
Core i5-9600KIntel $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,145x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,965x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,887x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,609x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,563x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,330x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,130x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,276x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	933x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	932x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $992

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16