Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	153% 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	53.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210708
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '22 at 22:00
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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-$292 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 (19^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 87.7 1-Core 144 2-Core 276 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 958 89% 744 Pts	64-Core 1,453 90% 1,453 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.40 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.4% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 130 Parallax 114 96% 121 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 99.4 Splatting 96.3 80% 97.6 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS2130 1TB SSD 3,107 User benchmarks, average bench 181% 390GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS213530 SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 261 129 92 40 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 1,165 Write 1,769 Mixed 1,181 SusWrite 153 240% 1,067 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 66.8 223% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 688 DQ Write 532 DQ Mixed 194 258% 471 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 298%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 957GB free Firmware: HP36 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 159 166 163 157 157 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 153 Write 120 Mixed 71.4 SusWrite 158 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 404GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 110 113 113 113 115 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 84.3 Write 87.3 Mixed 62.6 SusWrite 112 64% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 68%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 769GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 149 151 151 151 151 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 150 Write 138 Mixed 91.1 SusWrite 148 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 85%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 734GB free Firmware: JB0OA3T0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 32 14 25 46 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 106 Write 10.7 Mixed 17 SusWrite 34.4 30% 42 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 59% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 75%
VendorCo ProductCode 8GB 4,860 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 5678 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 13 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	6.43% Terrible	Read 19.9 Write 7.2 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 12.9 14% 11.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 12% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.43% Great: 8%

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 above expectations (61^st percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 28.8 97% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 27.5 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 115%

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Workstation 132%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-A - $175

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $260Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,220x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,237x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,161x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,971x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,893x
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,613x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,572x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,333x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,137x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,278x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	936x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	934x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,086

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	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 $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16