Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 123% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	113% 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	316% 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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '21 at 06:19
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$399 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 156 2-Core 312 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 610 8-Core 1,127 104% 868 Pts	64-Core 1649 102% 1649 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% EVGA(3842 3162) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 188 Parallax 142 118% 158 fps	MRender 190 Gravity 127 Splatting 114 114% 144 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 9,880 User benchmarks, average bench 307% 698GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1756 1643 1634 1619 1601 1475 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	316% Outstanding	Read 2593 Write 2,118 Mixed 258 SusWrite 1,621 366% 1,648 MB/s	4K Read 50.7 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 72.7 244% 87.9 MB/s	DQ Read 944 DQ Write 726 DQ Mixed 755 586% 808 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 316% Great: 541%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 538GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 165 165 166 165 163 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 141 Write 122 Mixed 68.7 SusWrite 163 90% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 41% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 106%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$51 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 630GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 106 104 107 107 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	57% Above average	Read 91.7 Write 139 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 107 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 37 MC Mixed 27.3 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 29.9 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 106%

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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	9,246x
Core i9-9900KIntel $399Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,257x
Core i5-9600KIntel $136Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,171x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,978x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,897x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,619x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $75Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,575x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,334x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,141x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,283x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	939x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	936x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $1,047

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	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) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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