Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.2% 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 Drive	106% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 months ago, 6 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	21 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201201
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '23 at 17:02
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$409 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 88.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 282 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 544 8-Core 985 92% 765 Pts	64-Core 1435 89% 1435 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 400D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.01 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.2% Very good	Lighting 94.6 Reflection 106 Parallax 91.1 77% 97.2 fps	MRender 146 Gravity 94.6 Splatting 76.7 83% 106 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 679GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 434 437 459 455 455 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 433 Mixed 342 SusWrite 425 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 42.1 149% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 276 228% 327 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 133%
WD Black SN770 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 54,201 User benchmarks, average bench 449% 809GB free Firmware: 731100WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1815 2303 2275 2281 2289 2250 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	353% Outstanding	Read 2,337 Write 2,329 Mixed 2,087 SusWrite 2,202 505% 2,239 MB/s	4K Read 58.3 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 68.7 243% 84.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,407 DQ Write 847 DQ Mixed 1,070 812% 1108 MB/s
Poor: 249% ↑ This bench: 353% Great: 623%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$56 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: AX1P2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 113 113 113 113 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 104 Write 101 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 112 64% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 110% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 62%
MD03200-AVDW-RO 320GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 298GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 66 68 65 65 68 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 63.1 Write 61.7 Mixed 44.2 SusWrite 65.7 43% 58.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M4A2666C16 4x8GB 2,181 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 22 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 31.4 SC Mixed 23.4 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 98%

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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	54	28	30	23.8"	1280 720	ACR0852 XF243Y P

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Workstation 132%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-A - $175

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $263Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,216x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,236x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,155x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,971x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,890x
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,613x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,570x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,333x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,135x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,278x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	935x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	933x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $1,075

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16