Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.01% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200921
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 03 '21 at 17:56
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400-$161 22,187 User benchmarks, average bench 86% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 74.4 1-Core 123 2-Core 247 81% 148 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 685 73% 582 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	5.01% Terrible	Lighting 5.5 Reflection 6.1 Parallax 6.8 4% 6.13 fps	MRender 5.2 Gravity 6 Splatting 9.8 6% 7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.01% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLB256HBHQ-00A00 256GB 390 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXH7201Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,929 Write 1,617 Mixed 1,273 357% 1,607 MB/s	4K Read 57 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 73.6 242% 82.2 MB/s	DQ Read 984 DQ Write 764 DQ Mixed 622 534% 790 MB/s
Poor: 140% Great: 259%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 169GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 115 116 113 119 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 124 Write 120 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 116 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 68%
SMI USB DISK 16GB 4,287 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.4 10 10 9.6 10 10 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	6.08% Terrible	Read 21.2 Write 5.2 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 9.9 11% 10.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 13% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.08% Great: 26%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL17-17-17 D4-2400 1x16GB 425 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 9.4 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 8.9 26% 9.07 GB/s	Latency 91.7 44% 91.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 47%

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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 $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,192x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,213x
Core i5-9600KIntel $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,142x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,965x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,885x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,608x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,562x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $153Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,328x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,129x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,274x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	933x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	932x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $994

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16