Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 134% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 134% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
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.
Boot Drive	271% 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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200921
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '21 at 17:22
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 92.2 1-Core 162 2-Core 320 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 638 8-Core 1,056 103% 848 Pts	64-Core 1,695 105% 1,695 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 189 Parallax 178 142% 181 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 174 Splatting 125 116% 144 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 282GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 820 664 660 656 662 658 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	271% Outstanding	Read 2,238 Write 1,914 Mixed 1218 SusWrite 687 337% 1,514 MB/s	4K Read 67.6 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 84.6 288% 99.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,238 DQ Write 1,032 DQ Mixed 1,133 849% 1,134 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 271% Great: 340%
SK hynix SC311 SATA 128GB 20,313 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 71GB free Firmware: 70000P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 122 136 152 114 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Read 469 Write 127 Mixed 310 SusWrite 125 57% 258 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 88.1 4K Mixed 41.8 149% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 216 167% 225 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 82%
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 8TB 824 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 5.5TB free Firmware: SN05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 218 217 213 217 214 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 68% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1G43DB0-CPB 4x8GB 1,560 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	80% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 23.8 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 34.9 SC Mixed 25.5 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 111%

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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 $275Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,185x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,212x
Core i5-9600KIntel $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,138x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,964x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,608x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,561x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $154Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,327x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,127x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,271x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	933x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	931x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,004

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16