Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 99.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.2% 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	99.9% 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	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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '21 at 04:51
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 135 2-Core 280 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 791 84% 671 Pts	64-Core 785 49% 785 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.2% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 123 Parallax 114 91% 116 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 111 Splatting 104 88% 108 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 728GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 439 443 454 464 458 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 439 Mixed 322 SusWrite 448 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 38.4 122% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 274 224% 320 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 180GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 467 397 288 293 294 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 453 Mixed 402 SusWrite 366 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 42.1 150% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 348 262% 351 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 128%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 170 171 172 169 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 130 Mixed 98.8 SusWrite 169 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 101%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 379GB free Firmware: RSM4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 124 123 125 125 129 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 32 Write 82.7 Mixed 64.1 SusWrite 124 56% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.6 174% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB 35,395 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 41 MC Write 41.9 MC Mixed 28.3 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 26.5 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%

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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	6,192x
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 $179	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