Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	103% 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	28.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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

21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200221
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '22 at 12:30
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$265 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 154 2-Core 304 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 586 8-Core 1,158 103% 872 Pts	64-Core 1,011 63% 1,011 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 140 Parallax 131 107% 134 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 131 Splatting 115 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$45 55,360 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 253GB free (System drive) Firmware: R033 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 63 51 49 29 30 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	28.4% Poor	Read 200 Write 244 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 99.3 35% 156 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 29.9 4K Mixed 5.3 27% 12.8 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 49.4 DQ Mixed 109 88% 130 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 253%
WD WD20EZAZ-00WGYX0 2TB 13,327 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 163 161 165 165 163 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 25% Great: 102%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 146GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 50 52 52 51 50 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	29.6% Poor	Read 52.3 Write 55 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 50.6 37% 49.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 109% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 43%
USB DISK 3.0 248GB 544 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 75GB free, PID 6300 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.3 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.4 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 80 Write 12.2 Mixed 9 SusWrite 8.2 25% 27.3 MB/s	4K Read 8.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 31% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$207 4,097 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.1% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 20.4 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 22 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 102%

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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	9,209x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,225x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,151x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,966x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,889x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,612x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,568x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,331x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,133x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,278x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	934x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	933x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,090

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16