Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	71.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	120% 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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200221
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '21 at 23:08
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400F-$85 299,482 User benchmarks, average bench 85% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 256 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 703 76% 606 Pts	64-Core 755 47% 755 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$238 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.1% Very good	Lighting 87.2 Reflection 90.6 Parallax 84.2 71% 87.3 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 80.7 Splatting 73 71% 89.3 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 250GB 26,055 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT24B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 474 405 341 339 341 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 454 Mixed 402 SusWrite 392 99% 438 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 58.1 193% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 356 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$47 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 209 209 209 210 210 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 159 Mixed 67.9 SusWrite 208 106% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 126% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C16-8GTZRX F4-3200C16-8GTZR F4-3200C16-8GTZRX F4-3200C16-8GTZR 32GB 241 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 3066, 3066, 3066, 3066 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 31.3 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 29.4 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%

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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	1,621x

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