Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.5% 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	83.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

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

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200921
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '21 at 04:10
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$272 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 871 80% 669 Pts	64-Core 894 55% 894 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.63 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	77.5% Very good	Lighting 99.2 Reflection 95.2 Parallax 88.5 81% 94.3 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 91 Splatting 77 71% 88.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 193 135 157 129 170 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 496 Write 470 Mixed 356 SusWrite 179 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 34.9 128% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 199 180% 273 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 97%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 497GB 5,027 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 463GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 935 1580 1743 1752 1729 1758 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 66% Great: 128%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 1TB 4,498 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 464GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 175 168 170 145 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 160 Mixed 111 SusWrite 159 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 32GB 996 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 31.6 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 38.9 SC Mixed 26.8 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 109%

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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 $272Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,190x
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 $154Bench 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: $1,001

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) $37	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