Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 99.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20201201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '22 at 22:05
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600KF-$180 65,122 User benchmarks, average bench 93% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 808 85% 679 Pts	64-Core 809 50% 809 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3587 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Lighting 97.9 Reflection 93.6 Parallax 89.5 80% 93.7 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 84.2 Splatting 76.4 74% 92.9 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.8% 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% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42B2S7JA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,663 Write 1,202 Mixed 1,276 375% 1,714 MB/s	4K Read 62.6 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 84 284% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 810 DQ Write 1,161 DQ Mixed 502 515% 824 MB/s
Poor: 139% Great: 271%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 163GB free Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 882 919 915 932 809 50 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	205% Outstanding	Read 1325 Write 886 Mixed 845 SusWrite 751 212% 952 MB/s	4K Read 60.3 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 73.5 260% 91.2 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 835 DQ Mixed 222 275% 469 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 242%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 361GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 159 160 158 158 157 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Read 143 Write 163 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 158 88% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.2 399% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 86.5% 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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 42.9 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 30.3 107% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 49.1 SC Mixed 33 99% 34.5 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 120%

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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 $272Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,190x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,213x
Core i5-9600KIntel $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,142x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,965x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,885x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,608x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,562x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $151Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,328x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,129x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,274x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	933x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	932x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,001

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16