Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 116% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	184% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '21 at 04:10
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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-$242 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 90.3 1-Core 158 2-Core 261 96% 170 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 967 87% 732 Pts	64-Core 959 59% 959 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$270 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 865F) CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 4000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 174 Parallax 179 148% 178 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 164 Splatting 134 128% 160 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team TM8FP6256G 256GB 5,658 User benchmarks, average bench 165% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: EDFM20.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1031 489 209 211 209 209 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	184% Outstanding	Read 1,080 Write 1,184 Mixed 1,060 SusWrite 393 209% 929 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 70.2 252% 95.3 MB/s	DQ Read 785 DQ Write 980 DQ Mixed 771 612% 845 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 184% Great: 246%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 187GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1833 870 573 573 574 574 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	277% Outstanding	Read 2,115 Write 2,044 Mixed 1,344 SusWrite 833 354% 1,584 MB/s	4K Read 59.1 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 79.2 264% 91.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,452 DQ Write 1,219 DQ Mixed 1,322 994% 1,331 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 277% Great: 340%
TEAML5Lite3D240G 240GB 6,836 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 223GB free Firmware: R0302A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 60 56 49 46 56 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Read 471 Write 392 Mixed 377 SusWrite 92.5 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 34.2 147% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 49.8 104% 209 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3000 4x8GB 4,811 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 25.2 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 24.9 76% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 108%

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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 $242Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,251x
Core i9-9900KIntel $399Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,265x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,173x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,980x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,897x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,620x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $91Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,577x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,334x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,142x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,283x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	940x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $44Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	936x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,063

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16