Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	240% 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200921
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '21 at 00:53
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (44^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-$412 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 82.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 228 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 760 73% 602 Pts	64-Core 1,158 72% 1,158 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.3.2 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.5% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 111 Parallax 174 92% 133 fps	MRender 93.6 Gravity 126 Splatting 77.2 79% 99.1 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 94%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SWORDFISH 1TB 4,468 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 805GB free (System drive) Firmware: VC0S0260 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1373 1372 1362 1370 1369 1366 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 1,564 Write 1,375 Mixed 1,152 SusWrite 1,369 307% 1,365 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 68.5 4K Mixed 65.8 187% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 640 DQ Write 916 DQ Mixed 792 595% 783 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 277%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown GKE800UD51208-2400AH 4x8GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 23.2 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 22.2 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,146x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,184x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,119x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,957x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,880x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,600x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,555x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,321x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,121x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,267x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	929x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	928x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $985

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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