Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 125% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	110% 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	125% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	59.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200604
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '21 at 21:27
Run Duration	288 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$415 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 160 2-Core 320 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 638 8-Core 1,259 112% 948 Pts	64-Core 1,677 104% 1,677 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% XFX(1682 5701) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.2.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 146 Parallax 211 120% 168 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 148 Splatting 97.2 97% 121 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 1TB 27,887 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 634GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT22B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 456 456 457 457 456 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 489 Mixed 470 SusWrite 456 109% 482 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 58.4 194% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 356 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 112GB free Firmware: UE500000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 117 85 85 85 86 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 456 Write 280 Mixed 262 SusWrite 124 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 43.7 4K Mixed 20.2 85% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 95.4 DQ Mixed 42.6 50% 85.9 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 53%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 368GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 482 484 476 457 457 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 490 Mixed 467 SusWrite 471 110% 486 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 62 210% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 354 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$159 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 1.5TB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2474 2477 2478 1722 1502 1520 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	382% Outstanding	Read 2,691 Write 2,459 Mixed 2,008 SusWrite 2,029 516% 2,297 MB/s	4K Read 67.7 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 92.2 306% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,344 DQ Write 1,147 DQ Mixed 1,234 928% 1,242 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 382% Great: 435%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$55 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 805GB free Firmware: AX0P3D SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 110 111 110 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 104 Write 105 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 110 64% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 62%
WD WD5000LPLX-00ZNTT0 500GB 28,774 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 465GB free Firmware: 04.01A04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 149 149 147 149 149 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 149 Write 148 Mixed 77 SusWrite 149 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.8 172% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 82%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 466GB free Firmware: AX0D5A SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 112 112 113 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 111 Write 111 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 112 67% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 62%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 103 104 104 103 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	57% Above average	Read 111 Write 97 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 104 128% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.9 4K Mixed 0.8 232% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 4x16GB 2,146 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 42 MC Mixed 33.3 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 49.9 SC Mixed 31.3 97% 34 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 134%

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Workstation 132%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-A - $175

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $262Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,289x
Core i9-9900KIntel $415Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,292x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,189x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,985x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,903x
RTX 3080Nvidia $700Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,626x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $103Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,582x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $148Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,337x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,146x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,289x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	943x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	938x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $1,095

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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