Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 142% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 117% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	158% 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	60.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago, 14 months ago, 4 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20190902
Uptime	28 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '23 at 20:19
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	BHR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$137 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 88.8 1-Core 131 2-Core 261 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 674 76% 596 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$909 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% EVGA(3842 3897) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 537.13 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	158% Outstanding	Lighting 210 Reflection 296 Parallax 228 171% 244 fps	MRender 302 Gravity 216 Splatting 159 177% 226 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 202%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ransor Starlink 2TB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: T0422A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 227 6.1 7.8 8.2 9.8 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 415 Write 313 Mixed 316 SusWrite 99.5 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 52.5 4K Mixed 21.5 88% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 47.6 90% 175 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 376%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 181GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 273 273 271 268 356 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Read 385 Write 257 Mixed 310 SusWrite 302 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 45.3 146% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 221 202% 310 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 118%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 37GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,033 Write 1,691 Mixed 1,266 369% 1,663 MB/s	4K Read 50.5 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 47.7 183% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 846 DQ Write 968 DQ Mixed 1,081 766% 965 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 782GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 92 91 91 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 112 Write 112 Mixed 74.6 SusWrite 91 72% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2A2666C16 3x8GB 90 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 22.5 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 22.5 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 88%

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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	35	13	120	31.5"	1280 720	GSM7798 LG ULTRAGEAR+

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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	9,215x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,231x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,154x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $490Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,970x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,889x
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 $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,332x
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: $1,080

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16