Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80% 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	72.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	40GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 40GB 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	31.9 GB free of 40 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	5120 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '21 at 20:43
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 81.9 1-Core 115 2-Core 217 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 715 68% 560 Pts	64-Core 930 58% 930 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 8735) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80% Very good	Lighting 114 Reflection 128 Parallax 111 92% 118 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 98.9 Splatting 0.1 56% 78.5 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 174 161 159 145 144 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 424 Write 318 Mixed 194 SusWrite 171 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 27.4 112% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 140 136% 215 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 114%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 20GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,318 Write 1,267 Mixed 1,221 352% 1,602 MB/s	4K Read 54.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 72.5 238% 81.8 MB/s	DQ Read 978 DQ Write 773 DQ Mixed 898 666% 883 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1GB free Firmware: 2.25 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 156 Write 106 Mixed 136 30% 132 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 28.7 111% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 101 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 71.1 62% 92.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% Great: 61%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 14.5TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 8TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 117 115 113 113 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 111 Write 108 Mixed 32 SusWrite 120 67% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 198% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 109%
Seagate Desktop 8TB 4,842 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 6.5TB free Firmware: 040B SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 178 177 180 179 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 152 Mixed 109 SusWrite 178 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.9 373% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 93%
Seagate One Touch HDD 4TB 358 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3.5TB free Firmware: 1707 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 138 136 136 132 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 120 Write 99.4 Mixed 69.9 SusWrite 134 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.9 203% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 CMK32GX4M2A2133C13 CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 CMK32GX4M2A2133C13 40GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 16384, 4096, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	68.5% Good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 19.4 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 20.7 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 77.1 52% 77.1 ns

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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 $263Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,216x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,236x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,156x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,971x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,891x
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,613x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,570x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,333x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,136x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,278x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	935x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	934x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $1,075

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16