Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics77.6% 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 Drive348% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionWindows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z390-A  (all builds)
Memory11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 11
BIOS Date20210708
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 02 '22 at 07:30
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing as expected (51st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
93.5% Outstanding
Memory 95.7
1-Core 138
2-Core 269
94% 168 Pts
4-Core 502
8-Core 654
74% 578 Pts
64-Core 761
47% 761 Pts
Poor: 82%
This bench: 93.5%
Great: 103%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71
Performing below potential (49th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
77.6% Very good
Lighting 96.1
Reflection 113
Parallax 98.6
78% 103 fps
MRender 96.6
Gravity 96.6
Splatting 87.8
76% 93.7 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 77.6%
Great: 87%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Black SN770 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
625GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 731030WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2122 1932 1426 1450 1459 1463 MB/s
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
348% Outstanding
Read 2,609
Write 2,477
Mixed 2,206
SusWrite 1642
502% 2,234 MB/s
4K Read 63.7
4K Write 148
4K Mixed 76.4
273% 96 MB/s
DQ Read 1,522
DQ Write 1,158
DQ Mixed 1,389
1,025% 1,356 MB/s
Poor: 249%
This bench: 348%
Great: 623%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
96.8% Outstanding
MC Read 38.3
MC Write 38.6
MC Mixed 26.1
98% 34.3 GB/s
SC Read 20.2
SC Write 40.3
SC Mixed 27.3
84% 29.3 GB/s
Latency 54.9
73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 96.8%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z390-A Builds (Compare 26,270 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: $973
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