Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	117% 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	232% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 months ago, 5 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211102
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '23 at 23:01
Run Duration	357 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600KF-$180 65,122 User benchmarks, average bench 93% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 81 1-Core 152 2-Core 304 96% 179 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 683 77% 606 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37AD) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.01 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 123 Parallax 143 124% 139 fps	MRender 192 Gravity 140 Splatting 112 117% 148 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Samsung SSD 990 PRO 1TB 746 User benchmarks, average bench 413% 389GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B2QJXD7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 738 720 1018 1379 1420 1355 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 2,146 Write 1,727 Mixed 1,699 SusWrite 1105 374% 1,669 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 56.2 4K Mixed 53.7 171% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 846 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 343 308% 484 MB/s
Poor: 255% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 538%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 70GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 605 576 692 752 739 715 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 817 Write 700 Mixed 803 SusWrite 680 169% 750 MB/s	4K Read 55.6 4K Write 69.8 4K Mixed 57.2 194% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 730 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 389 318% 467 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 340%
Intel Optane H10 with SSD 512GB 461 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 40GB free Firmware: 18.37 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 794 Write 802 Mixed 633 166% 743 MB/s	4K Read 87.3 4K Write 55.2 4K Mixed 50 226% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 702 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 229 237% 401 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 91%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 191GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 94 90 91 93 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 91.3 Write 101 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 91 62% 85 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 82%
WD Purple 4TB (2014)-$73 8,426 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 16GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 63 55 54 67 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 112 Write 109 Mixed 64 SusWrite 58.9 63% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 100%
Plugable USB3-SATA-UASP1 2TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 27GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 31 32 32 32 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	12% Very poor	Read 10.2 Write 39.9 Mixed 28.6 SusWrite 30.8 20% 27.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 72%
WD WD20EZRZ-00Z5HB0 4TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 330GB free Firmware: 01.01K01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 98 97 97 98 99 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 130 Write 127 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 96.2 81% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.9 198% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 86%
WD Re 4TB (2012)-$64 4,260 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 183GB free Firmware: 01.01K01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 96 94 95 96 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 95.9 Write 96.7 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 94.1 66% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 198% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 96%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 4,255 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 164GB free, PID 0200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 64 64 64 64 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	29.2% Poor	Read 69.2 Write 80.1 Mixed 32.6 SusWrite 63.5 82% 61.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 44%
WDC WD20 03FYYS-02W0B1 2TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 48GB free, PID 0611 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 114 119 121 126 125 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.8% Above average	Read 129 Write 131 Mixed 97 SusWrite 118 161% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.9 134% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 54%
USB3.0 2TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 338GB free, PID 0562 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 67 66 68 68 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 132 Write 132 Mixed 94.9 SusWrite 67.6 140% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.9 137% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 99%
USB3.0 2TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 328GB free, PID 0562 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 66 66 65 66 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	30.2% Below average	Read 76.1 Write 77.2 Mixed 60.4 SusWrite 65.8 94% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 78% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 99%
Seagate FreeAgent Go 1TB 250 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 616GB free, PID 2120 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 50.5 Write 28.4 Mixed 21.4 38% 33.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 34% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 10% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A1 2x8GB 1,302 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	71.9% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 23.7 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 21.7 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	22	1	60	24"	1280 720	ACI24A4 VG248

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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	9,202x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,218x
Core i5-9600KIntel $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,145x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,965x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,887x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,610x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,563x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,331x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,130x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,277x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	933x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	933x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,092

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16