Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	110% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	18.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191126
Uptime	36.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '21 at 08:03
Run Duration	303 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^th 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-$265 550,833 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% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 113 2-Core 226 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 834 77% 643 Pts	64-Core 844 52% 844 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3071) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	111% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 143 Parallax 141 115% 142 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 126 Splatting 111 110% 138 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$39 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 382 430 436 434 422 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 451 Mixed 431 SusWrite 403 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 49 162% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 270 224% 322 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 123%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 225GB free Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1965 1734 1178 1076 883 620 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 1,976 Write 2,137 Mixed 1,713 SusWrite 1,243 398% 1,767 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 58.4 198% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,226 DQ Write 914 DQ Mixed 1,045 788% 1,062 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 347%
Hitachi HUS 726020ALA610 2TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 692GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 154 149 148 155 151 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 144 Write 150 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 150 93% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.7 203% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 102%
UFD 3.0 Silicon-Power64G 64GB 404 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 33GB free, PID 6300 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.8 3.4 17 19 19 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	6.44% Terrible	Read 11.4 Write 32.4 Mixed 0.2 SusWrite 13.1 20% 14.3 MB/s	4K Read 8.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 30% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 6.44% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GB 54,117 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 30.9 98% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 37.6 SC Mixed 26.8 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 112%

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

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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 $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,207x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,222x
Core i5-9600KIntel $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,150x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,966x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,888x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,610x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,566x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,331x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,133x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,277x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	934x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	933x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,090

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16