Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.5% 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	106% 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	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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200604
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '21 at 17:53
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$249 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 84.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 217 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 955 86% 725 Pts	64-Core 958 59% 958 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Gigabyte(1458 2308) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.12.1 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.5% Very good	Lighting 96.7 Reflection 106 Parallax 149 79% 117 fps	MRender 87.1 Gravity 107 Splatting 74.6 72% 89.6 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 320 307 228 139 132 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 482 Mixed 448 SusWrite 247 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 52.4 176% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 351 265% 354 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 129%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 125GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 439 385 344 289 270 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 476 Mixed 406 SusWrite 365 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 55.5 182% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 352 264% 354 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 568GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 179 165 179 179 169 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 118 Mixed 83.2 SusWrite 173 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 114%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 434GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 83 81 84 82 85 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 81.4 Write 85.4 Mixed 53.6 SusWrite 82.9 103% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 104% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 21.2 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 21.4 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $249Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,145x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,184x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,119x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,957x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,880x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,599x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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	1,121x

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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $982

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