Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 97.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	67.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	241% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

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, 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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2048 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20201201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '22 at 05:32
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600KF-$180 65,122 User benchmarks, average bench 93% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 139 2-Core 274 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 792 82% 662 Pts	64-Core 786 49% 786 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.8% Good	Lighting 84.4 Reflection 82.4 Parallax 78.8 69% 81.9 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 75.6 Splatting 67.1 66% 82.6 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$59 34,063 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42B2S7JA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 238 244 237 238 202 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 2,679 Write 1,190 Mixed 1,273 SusWrite 254 296% 1,349 MB/s	4K Read 61.2 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 82.5 282% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 809 DQ Write 585 DQ Mixed 410 384% 601 MB/s
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 271%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 127GB free Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 877 917 914 882 53 48 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1,300 Write 915 Mixed 846 SusWrite 615 205% 919 MB/s	4K Read 58.6 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 73 257% 90.7 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 820 DQ Mixed 224 274% 465 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 242%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 288GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 148 150 148 150 150 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 144 Write 146 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 149 84% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.1 384% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$50 87,344 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 43.8 MC Write 46.5 MC Mixed 29.9 114% 40.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 47.5 SC Mixed 29.9 93% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 120%

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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	9,150x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,185x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,119x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,958x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,881x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,602x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,555x
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 $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,267x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	929x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	928x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $985

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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