Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.4% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	57.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210413
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '22 at 16:57
Run Duration	282 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$412 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 90.7 1-Core 148 2-Core 294 97% 178 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 976 90% 755 Pts	64-Core 1,492 92% 1,492 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 104%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel UHD Graphics 630 65,338 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.100.9805 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	6.2% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 10.6 Parallax 9.2 5% 8.63 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 7.1 Splatting 12.3 9% 10.3 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.2% Great: 7%
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2068) CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 4000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 139 Parallax 135 97% 131 fps	MRender 152 Gravity 104 Splatting 100 95% 118 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Optane+932G 1TB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 540GB free (System drive) Firmware: 17.11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1484 1479 1060 474 474 477 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 41% Great: 94%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$89 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 157GB free Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 410 403 464 453 465 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 427 Mixed 410 SusWrite 434 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 53.5 173% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 346 261% 350 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 137%
XPG GAMMIX S70 BLADE 2TB 3,726 User benchmarks, average bench 480% 1.5TB free Firmware: 3.2.F.2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 1452 1448 1452 1448 1449 1451 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 1,432 Write 1,450 Mixed 1,262 SusWrite 1,450 316% 1,399 MB/s	4K Read 58.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 75.1 242% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 846 DQ Write 654 DQ Mixed 754 563% 751 MB/s
Poor: 256% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 625%
WD WD10EADX-00TDHB0 1TB 12,976 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 366GB free Firmware: 77.04D77 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 92 96 95 95 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 185 Write 68.5 Mixed 48 SusWrite 91.2 72% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 1 215% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 57%
WD WD10EADX-00TDHB0 1TB 12,976 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 505GB free Firmware: 77.04D77 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 76 80 78 80 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 82.4 Write 79.8 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 77.8 56% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 139% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK32GX4M2B3200C16 CMK32GX4M2E3200C16 CMK32GX4M2B3200C16 CMK32GX4M2E3200C16 64GB 135 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2900, 2900, 2900, 2900 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 27.9 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 28.6 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 109%

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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 $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,147x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,184x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,119x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,957x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,881x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,601x

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	1,121x

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 $134	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