Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 140% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 136% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 99.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	141% 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	188% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '21 at 03:28
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$252 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Memory 86.2 1-Core 149 2-Core 313 98% 183 Pts	4-Core 604 8-Core 1182 106% 893 Pts	64-Core 1,140 71% 1,140 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$396 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 865F) CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 3950 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Lighting 196 Reflection 184 Parallax 188 160% 190 fps	MRender 209 Gravity 161 Splatting 134 134% 168 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team TM8FP6256G 256GB 5,658 User benchmarks, average bench 165% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: EDFM20.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 769 277 297 379 246 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 1077 Write 1,202 Mixed 1,081 SusWrite 350 208% 928 MB/s	4K Read 50.1 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 72.5 257% 96.2 MB/s	DQ Read 771 DQ Write 1,219 DQ Mixed 769 646% 920 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 246%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 202GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1734 912 576 575 583 591 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	282% Outstanding	Read 2,016 Write 1,749 Mixed 1,317 SusWrite 828 330% 1,478 MB/s	4K Read 60.8 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 80.3 267% 92.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1647 DQ Write 1,418 DQ Mixed 1,513 1,139% 1,526 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 282% Great: 340%
TEAML5Lite3D240G 240GB 6,836 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 178GB free Firmware: R0302A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 44 56 56 56 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 458 Write 400 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 76.2 54% 244 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 32.6 4K Mixed 1.5 67% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 1.6 42% 102 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 123%
Adata DashDrive Elite S102 Pro USB 3.0 32GB-$11 1,777 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 30GB free, PID 312b Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 32 32 32 32 32 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 34.3 Write 31.9 Mixed 33.8 SusWrite 31 45% 32.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.6 101% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3000 4x8GB 4,811 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 25 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 37.3 SC Mixed 24.8 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 108%

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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 $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,167x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,194x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,125x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,960x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,603x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,557x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,322x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,122x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,269x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	931x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	930x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $978

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	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