Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	73.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200921
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '21 at 05:24
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Memory 85.5 1-Core 123 2-Core 300 90% 170 Pts	4-Core 598 8-Core 938 95% 768 Pts	64-Core 1,205 75% 1,205 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% EVGA(3842 1068) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.2% Very good	Lighting 91.9 Reflection 89.5 Parallax 83.7 75% 88.4 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 79.9 Splatting 71 70% 87.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 159 170 177 174 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 336 Write 244 Mixed 247 SusWrite 171 56% 250 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 39.9 148% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 170 146% 214 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$48 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 709GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 158 171 172 171 173 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 108 Write 113 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 168 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 76% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 106%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 632GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 85 86 86 86 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 95.5 Write 85 Mixed 49.8 SusWrite 84.8 58% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 67%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 149 148 148 149 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 152 Write 96.2 Mixed 95.7 SusWrite 149 91% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 924GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 181 183 183 183 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 216 Write 138 Mixed 103 SusWrite 183 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 109%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.1% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 22.7 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 23.3 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 74.1% 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 $285Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,178x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,206x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,130x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,963x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $600Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,604x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $97Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,558x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,325x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,125x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,270x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	933x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	931x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,013

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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