Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	69.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	245% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). 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	57.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '21 at 02:09
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^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-$252 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Memory 83 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 96% 178 Pts	4-Core 597 8-Core 1,050 99% 823 Pts	64-Core 1,106 68% 1,106 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% EVGA(3842 1161) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.6% Good	Lighting 92.4 Reflection 88.4 Parallax 76.6 75% 85.8 fps	MRender 64.4 Gravity 79.1 Splatting 71 59% 71.5 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 80,540 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 360GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5L2QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1014 1312 595 592 589 591 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 1,901 Write 1,764 Mixed 1,190 SusWrite 782 315% 1,410 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 58.9 198% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,287 DQ Write 1,427 DQ Mixed 1,350 1,018% 1,355 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 296%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 21,542 User benchmarks, average bench 238% 421GB free Firmware: 6L6QCXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1534 1529 1508 1535 1512 1517 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	271% Outstanding	Read 1,672 Write 1,460 Mixed 622 SusWrite 1,523 296% 1,319 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 52 175% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,298 DQ Write 1,258 DQ Mixed 1,112 881% 1,223 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 271% Great: 306%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 144GB free Firmware: EXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 350 380 384 384 373 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 407 Write 201 Mixed 233 SusWrite 355 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 68.9 4K Mixed 39.2 136% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 239 197% 284 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 126%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 255GB free Firmware: 04.04V04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 104 103 104 104 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 104 Write 104 Mixed 67.1 SusWrite 103 70% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 198% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 69%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 279GB free Firmware: 04.04V04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 120 122 121 122 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 116 Write 117 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 119 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 196% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 69%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 516GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 93 94 94 94 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	40% Average	Read 93.1 Write 94.1 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 93 111% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB 5,791 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.3% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 24.4 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 23.5 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 134%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-A - $175

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,147x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 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	1,881x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,600x

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 $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,121x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,267x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	929x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	928x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $985

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