Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 95%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 86%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics108% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z390-A  (all builds)
Memory16.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190902
Uptime8.4 Days
Run DateApr 14 '21 at 10:31
Run Duration131 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing below expectations (21st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-9700K-$252
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
86.8% Excellent
Memory 88.7
1-Core 114
2-Core 228
81% 144 Pts
4-Core 457
8-Core 837
78% 647 Pts
64-Core 813
50% 813 Pts
Poor: 82%
This bench: 86.8%
Great: 105%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210
EVGA(3842 3175) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72
Performing below potential (13th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
108% Outstanding
Lighting 134
Reflection 141
Parallax 141
109% 139 fps
MRender 184
Gravity 123
Splatting 110
110% 139 fps
Poor: 105%
This bench: 108%
Great: 123%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158
135GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1485 1052 1047 1067 1066 858 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
296% Outstanding
Read 2,484
Write 2,256
Mixed 1,623
SusWrite 1,096
417% 1,865 MB/s
4K Read 56.7
4K Write 123
4K Mixed 74
246% 84.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,315
DQ Write 1,089
DQ Mixed 1,196
897% 1,200 MB/s
Poor: 214%
This bench: 296%
Great: 372%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
132GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 96 68 59 91 102 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
64.8% Good
Read 144
Write 136
Mixed 88.7
SusWrite 81.6
83% 112 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.1
212% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 64.8%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD2 BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD2 BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 24GB
2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz
4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
64.7% Good
MC Read 23.3
MC Write 23.7
MC Mixed 20.4
64% 22.5 GB/s
SC Read 15.4
SC Write 24.4
SC Mixed 21.1
58% 20.3 GB/s
Latency 68.8
58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 64.7%
Great: 79%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical PRIME Z390-A Builds (Compare 26,262 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 144%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 132%
UFO

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-A - $175

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $975
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