Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200221
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '21 at 04:35
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (52^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-$179 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 90.2 1-Core 142 2-Core 271 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 868 84% 688 Pts	64-Core 1,057 65% 1,057 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.1% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 118 Parallax 104 85% 109 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 98.4 Splatting 93.2 79% 97.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 479 Write 455 Mixed 363 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 83.2 4K Mixed 50.1 165% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 348 261% 348 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$159 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 931GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1972 2012 1326 1154 1136 1100 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	302% Outstanding	Read 2,370 Write 2,027 Mixed 1,443 SusWrite 1,450 408% 1,823 MB/s	4K Read 54.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 74.8 238% 80.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,099 DQ Write 889 DQ Mixed 990 742% 993 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 302% Great: 372%
WD WD2003FYPS-27W9B 2TB 9,937 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 139GB free Firmware: 04.05G09 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 54 54 76 74 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 53.9 Write 48.3 Mixed 39.6 SusWrite 60.8 37% 50.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 160% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.9 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 24.5 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 104%

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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 $242Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,252x
Core i9-9900KIntel $399Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,267x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,173x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,981x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,898x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,622x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,578x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,335x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,142x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,284x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	940x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	937x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,065

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16