Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.3% 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	223% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (22%). 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	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190129
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '21 at 01:40
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 100 2-Core 194 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 596 58% 477 Pts	64-Core 799 49% 799 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2172) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.3% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 92.9 Parallax 108 85% 102 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 104 Splatting 86.8 86% 109 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 210GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1473 1051 1001 885 766 681 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 1816 Write 1,855 Mixed 1,566 SusWrite 976 349% 1,553 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 51.1 174% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 937 DQ Write 724 DQ Mixed 844 628% 835 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 347%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 177GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 379 360 351 358 353 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 439 Mixed 409 SusWrite 363 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 47.8 157% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 352 265% 354 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 308GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 442 446 444 442 359 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 438 Mixed 408 SusWrite 429 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 78.8 4K Mixed 48.2 159% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 352 265% 354 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 129%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 138 139 141 140 137 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	77% Very good	Read 129 Write 129 Mixed 71.4 SusWrite 139 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GB 92,358 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 28.5 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 23.2 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 114%

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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 $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,165x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,190x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,123x

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	1,602x

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	1,321x
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 $45Bench 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 $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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