Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.9% 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	199% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	56.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1238 x 698 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210708
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '22 at 10:52
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900KF-$295 50,265 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 88.2 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 95% 174 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 961 89% 743 Pts	64-Core 1,552 96% 1,552 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.9% Excellent	Lighting 118 Reflection 131 Parallax 114 96% 121 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 95.9 Splatting 95.4 79% 96 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS2130 1TB SSD 3,107 User benchmarks, average bench 181% 369GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS213530 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1782 1854 602 124 168 119 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 1,144 Write 1,776 Mixed 1,169 SusWrite 775 275% 1,216 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 66.3 223% 83.3 MB/s	DQ Read 684 DQ Write 979 DQ Mixed 869 646% 844 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 298%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 986GB free Firmware: HP36 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 167 169 171 169 172 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 145 Mixed 81.4 SusWrite 170 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 464GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 112 115 113 113 114 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 70.6 Write 74.7 Mixed 57 SusWrite 113 58% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 68%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 866GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 152 153 154 154 154 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 142 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 153 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB 5,810 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 26.9 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 41 SC Mixed 27.2 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 115%

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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	4,118x

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 $279	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