Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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.
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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The 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.
Memory	24GB 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 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	21.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200921
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '21 at 06:03
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 78.2 1-Core 129 2-Core 235 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 656 70% 560 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 841D) 3GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 471.11 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Lighting 22.1 Reflection 24.9 Parallax 35 18% 27.3 fps	MRender 33.7 Gravity 29 Splatting 0.3 15% 21 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 498GB free Firmware: UH5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 261 254 264 269 267 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 449 Write 357 Mixed 269 SusWrite 274 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 39 4K Mixed 11.4 65% 23.3 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 56.4 DQ Mixed 29.4 37% 67.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 58%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 44 44 43 44 48 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	28.7% Poor	Read 55.2 Write 57 Mixed 26.2 SusWrite 44.9 34% 45.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.2 39% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 24GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	40.1% Average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.7 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.4 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 84 48% 84 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 82%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 28: 0R 8G 4B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
28%	31%	39	105	7	60	27"	1920 1080	SPT0AD7 Sceptre C27

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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	6,193x
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 $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,557x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,321x
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: $975

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 $178	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