Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	348% 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	32GB 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 Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210413
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '22 at 05:51
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (54^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-$262 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 76.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 265 86% 158 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 840 82% 672 Pts	64-Core 861 53% 861 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Gigabyte(1458 3767) 2GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	14.7% Very poor	Lighting 18.3 Reflection 18.5 Parallax 18.6 15% 18.5 fps	MRender 16 Gravity 19.2 Splatting 17.2 14% 17.5 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme XPG GAMMIX S70 B 2TB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 367% 676GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.F.2A Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1983 2114 2126 2157 2079 2155 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	348% Outstanding	Read 2,340 Write 2,192 Mixed 1,864 SusWrite 2,102 478% 2,124 MB/s	4K Read 56.8 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 75.7 248% 84.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,197 DQ Write 1,010 DQ Mixed 1,088 819% 1,098 MB/s
Poor: 136% ↑ This bench: 348% Great: 579%
M.2 Enclosure 2TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 82GB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 775 763 766 777 773 787 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 59% Great: 73%
Asmt ASM1156-PM 2TB 858 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 83GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 111 111 109 110 108 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 93.4 Write 127 Mixed 86.4 SusWrite 110 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 1.1 161% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 109%
Asmt ASM1156-PM 1TB 1,239 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 871GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 98 94 91 89 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 79 Write 82.6 Mixed 49.9 SusWrite 93 56% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 101%
TOSHIBA HDWD110 1TB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 509GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 129 134 144 149 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 144 Write 152 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 139 156% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 102% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 68%
TOSHIBA MD04ACA400 4TB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 90GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 163 167 164 163 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 153 Write 163 Mixed 70 SusWrite 164 185% 137 MB/s	4K Read 14.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 165% 5.87 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x16GB 101 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	MC Read 35 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 25.3 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 13.7 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 87 46% 87 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 104%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-A - $175

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $262Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,291x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,293x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,189x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,985x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,905x
RTX 3080Nvidia $700Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,626x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,582x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $138Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,337x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,146x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,290x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	943x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	938x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,082

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16