Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.9% 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	206% 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	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.

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Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190902
Uptime	13 Days
Run Date	May 16 '21 at 00:02
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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-$410 354,223 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)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 107 2-Core 211 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 734 69% 571 Pts	64-Core 1,134 70% 1,134 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.9% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 131 Parallax 120 100% 125 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 125 Splatting 111 94% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 203GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 874 641 648 633 623 649 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 1,881 Write 1,862 Mixed 1,570 SusWrite 678 336% 1,498 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 53.1 182% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 841 DQ Write 620 DQ Mixed 754 557% 738 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 297%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 117 115 119 120 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 114 Write 126 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 119 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 203% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 67%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 930GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 181 185 181 185 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 174 Mixed 109 SusWrite 182 123% 168 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 109%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 160 167 165 155 168 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 166 Mixed 95.7 SusWrite 161 201% 152 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 10.5 4K Mixed 1 413% 5.83 MB/s	DQ Read 0.6 DQ Write 11.5 DQ Mixed 1.1 431% 4.4 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	71.1% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 22.4 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 21.8 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 85%

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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	9,167x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,194x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,125x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,960x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,603x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,557x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,322x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,122x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,269x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	931x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	930x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $978

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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