Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	127% 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.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201201
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '21 at 12:20
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900KF-$295 50,265 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 209 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 558 55% 448 Pts	64-Core 567 35% 567 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% EVGA(3842 2083) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 172 Parallax 189 137% 177 fps	MRender 193 Gravity 151 Splatting 127 125% 157 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 36 39 37 38 41 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 134GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 289 313 319 318 319 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 466 Mixed 443 SusWrite 310 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 91.8 4K Mixed 52.2 172% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 354 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 133%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 818GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 117 118 121 122 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 176 Write 187 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 117 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 112%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 32GB 1,207 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 29GB free, PID 00d2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 35 36 36 36 36 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Read 38.7 Write 35.7 Mixed 14.5 SusWrite 35 41% 31 MB/s	4K Read 9.2 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 41% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	71.5% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.8 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 22.7 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 95%

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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	9,167x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,194x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,125x

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	1,603x

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	1,322x
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 $40Bench 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 $178	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) $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