Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 153%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 155%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics167% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z390-A  (all builds)
Memory24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20201201
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateJun 29 '22 at 09:37
Run Duration194 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing as expected (47th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-9900KF-$292
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
95.4% Outstanding
Memory 87.5
1-Core 145
2-Core 274
93% 169 Pts
4-Core 554
8-Core 1,008
94% 781 Pts
64-Core 1,502
93% 1,502 Pts
Poor: 90%
This bench: 95.4%
Great: 104%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$600
EVGA(3842 3497) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.40
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
167% Outstanding
Lighting 251
Reflection 222
Parallax 216
205% 230 fps
MRender 258
Gravity 162
Splatting 131
144% 183 fps
Poor: 139%
This bench: 167%
Great: 170%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95
41GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC3C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 103 123 126 128 122 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
65.4% Good
Read 113
Write 122
Mixed 60.3
SusWrite 116
75% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.8
132% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 65.4%
Great: 75%
Seagate Expansion 2TB
1TB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 40 42 41 41 42 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
21.3% Poor
Read 32.6
Write 39.2
Mixed 33.6
SusWrite 40.4
27% 36.5 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 0.7
201% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 21.3%
Great: 67%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMT32GX4M2C3200C16 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (27th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
74.2% Very good
MC Read 27.9
MC Write 28.1
MC Mixed 22.8
75% 26.3 GB/s
SC Read 15.1
SC Write 30
SC Mixed 22.6
64% 22.6 GB/s
Latency 70
57% 70 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 74.2%
Great: 122%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical PRIME Z390-A Builds (Compare 26,213 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 144%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 132%
UFO

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-A - $175

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $963
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