Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 99.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	74.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	336% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

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

Run History

6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	55.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20211102
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '23 at 17:20
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$264 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 146 2-Core 288 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 563 8-Core 1,058 97% 810 Pts	64-Core 759 47% 759 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 8670) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.17 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.9% Very good	Lighting 85.6 Reflection 105 Parallax 104 70% 98.4 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 93.7 85% 105 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 203GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1827 1810 1985 2136 2113 1908 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	336% Outstanding	Read 2,579 Write 2,241 Mixed 1,422 SusWrite 1,963 460% 2,051 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 61 207% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,239 DQ Write 973 DQ Mixed 1,084 817% 1,099 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 336% Great: 425%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 144GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 95 122 123 125 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 123 Write 99.3 Mixed 37.8 SusWrite 113 68% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 32.2 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 40.1 SC Mixed 27.4 82% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 107%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 4: 0P 0R 1G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
4%	8%	26	192	164	165	23.5"	1920 1080	AOC2401 24G1WG3-

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Workstation 132%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-A - $175

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $264Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,281x
Core i9-9900KIntel $399Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,281x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,185x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,984x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,903x
RTX 3080Nvidia $879Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,625x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,582x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $157Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,336x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,145x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,287x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	941x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	938x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,087

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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