Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% 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	206% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 18 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '22 at 20:40
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^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-$137 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 119 2-Core 237 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 680 72% 576 Pts	64-Core 677 42% 677 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% MSI(1462 3972) CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3540 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 179 Parallax 168 150% 177 fps	MRender 75 Gravity 143 Splatting 125 95% 114 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 136%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$140 12,308 User benchmarks, average bench 232% 234GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT303.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2087 1005 943 572 676 688 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 1,084 Write 1,058 Mixed 776 SusWrite 995 220% 979 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 46.4 170% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1206 DQ Write 1,051 DQ Mixed 1,181 871% 1,146 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 303%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C13 4x4GB 1,058 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	72.9% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 23 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 22.6 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 113%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	9,215x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,230x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,154x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $490Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,970x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,889x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,613x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $82Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,569x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,332x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,135x

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	933x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $1,067

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) $47	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16