Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	220% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	16.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210413
Uptime	8.7 Days
Run Date	May 23 '23 at 16:07
Run Duration	289 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$208 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 245 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 751 74% 607 Pts	64-Core 945 58% 945 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC8) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 531.79 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.5% Very good	Lighting 93.2 Reflection 90.2 Parallax 78 76% 87.1 fps	MRender 66.8 Gravity 80 Splatting 72 60% 72.9 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 891 656 655 656 656 651 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 2,313 Write 2,118 Mixed 1,491 SusWrite 694 369% 1,654 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 82.4 4K Mixed 56.5 187% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 669 DQ Write 535 DQ Mixed 642 469% 615 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 340%
Toshiba MG08ACA14TE 14TB 134 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 5TB free Firmware: 0102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 161 179 175 174 187 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	16.3% Very poor	Read 111 Write 188 Mixed 74.8 SusWrite 173 31% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.8 4% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 28%
WDC WD80EFAX-68KNBN0 8TB 1,186 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 136GB free Firmware: 81.00A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 114 125 100 120 130 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Read 104 Write 62.4 Mixed 46 SusWrite 117 18% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 8.9 4K Mixed 0.9 7% 3.43 MB/s	DQ Read 0.5 DQ Write 6 DQ Mixed 0.9 1% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 23%
WD WD101EFAX-68LDBN0 10TB 282 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 6TB free Firmware: 81.00A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 174 184 184 179 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 186 Mixed 98.6 SusWrite 180 120% 163 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 5.7 4K Mixed 1.4 365% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 119%
WD WD120EMFZ-11A6JA0 12TB 507 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 6.5TB free Firmware: 81.00A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 161 159 157 162 161 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 161 Write 176 Mixed 102 SusWrite 160 110% 150 MB/s	DQ Read 5.6 DQ Write 8.8 DQ Mixed 3.9 46% 6.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 10.5 579% 7.55 MB/s
Poor: 56% Great: 115%
WD Red 10TB (2017)-$419 1,763 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 614GB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 159 163 165 168 164 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 143 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 164 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 7.4 4K Mixed 0.9 300% 3.27 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 114%
Seagate ST18000NM000J-2TV103 18TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 9TB free Firmware: SN04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 225 224 220 227 227 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 10% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 29.4 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 25.8 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 119%

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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 $275Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,181x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,209x
Core i5-9600KIntel $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,136x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,964x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,607x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,559x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $154Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,326x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,125x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,271x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	933x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	931x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,004

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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