Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.4% 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.

High background CPU (25%). 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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200221
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '21 at 22:30
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-9100F-$88 34,310 User benchmarks, average bench 80% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 103 2-Core 207 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 404 52% 393 Pts	64-Core 405 25% 405 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Zotac(19DA 4520) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 111 Parallax 124 95% 117 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 103 Splatting 97.4 91% 113 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,642 Write 6,424 Mixed 6,477 1,456% 6,514 MB/s	4K Read 499 4K Write 208 4K Mixed 275 1,218% 327 MB/s	DQ Read 1,492 DQ Write 912 DQ Mixed 1,096 845% 1,167 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 128%
Lexar 128GB SSD 128GB 8,135 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 51GB free Firmware: H190117D SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 120 120 102 78 74 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 481 Write 369 Mixed 401 SusWrite 114 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 84.9 4K Mixed 43 159% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 98.8 98% 157 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$63 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 43.7 MC Mixed 34.6 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 26.2 76% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	10	8	144	24"	1280 720	GSM5BA8 24GN50W

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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 $249Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,143x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,183x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,117x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,956x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,879x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,598x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,555x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,321x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,120x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,267x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	928x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	928x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $963

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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