Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 99.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.8% 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	41% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200921
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '21 at 21:22
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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-$409 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Memory 89.2 1-Core 148 2-Core 289 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 585 8-Core 1,011 97% 798 Pts	64-Core 1,423 88% 1,423 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 99.2% 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 (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.8% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 110 Parallax 174 91% 132 fps	MRender 92.9 Gravity 125 Splatting 76.5 78% 98.3 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 94%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SWORDFISH 1TB 4,468 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 507GB free (System drive) Firmware: VC0S0260 SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 219 227 188 136 105 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	41% Average	Read 81.7 Write 246 Mixed 174 SusWrite 187 40% 172 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 3 46% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 393 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 315 232% 309 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 41% 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 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.9% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 22.5 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 23.5 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 73.9% 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 $263Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,216x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,232x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,154x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,970x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,890x
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,613x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,570x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,333x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,135x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,278x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	935x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	933x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $1,075

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16