Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	285% 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	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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211102
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '24 at 06:36
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 way below expectations (9^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 76.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 83% 153 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 683 74% 589 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 103%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel UHD Graphics 630 65,338 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.100.9805 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	5.99% Terrible	Lighting 6.3 Reflection 6.1 Parallax 8.1 5% 6.83 fps	MRender 7.9 Gravity 7.3 Splatting 11.8 8% 9 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.99% Great: 7%
AMD RX 6650-XT 4,246 User benchmarks, average bench 110% AMD(1002 0E36) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 24.1.1 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 138 Parallax 222 91% 158 fps	MRender 218 Gravity 119 Splatting 182 142% 173 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 116%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P5 Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$193 14,975 User benchmarks, average bench 438% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: P7CR402 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1220 1286 947 710 1067 1538 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	285% Outstanding	Read 2,454 Write 2,223 Mixed 2,002 SusWrite 1,128 438% 1,952 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 65.4 223% 78.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,235 DQ Write 952 DQ Mixed 1,099 821% 1,095 MB/s
Poor: 261% ↑ This bench: 285% Great: 564%
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 111GB free Firmware: O1230C SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 53 62 56 56 57 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 487 Write 371 Mixed 348 SusWrite 97.4 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 78.3 4K Mixed 36.7 129% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 228 185% 260 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 336GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 13 19 26 22 11 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 557GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 158 163 162 172 161 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 126 Write 174 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 161 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 124% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2400 2OZ 3x8GB 377 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 18.8 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 17.9 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 95.9 42% 95.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 84%

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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	47	12	60	19"	1920 1009	HUN1953 GT-191

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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 $259Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,225x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,240x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,163x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,972x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,894x
RTX 3080Nvidia $500Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,614x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,572x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,333x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,137x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,279x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	936x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	934x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,085

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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