Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 97.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190410
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '24 at 04:13
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th 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-$262 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Memory 89.2 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 94% 173 Pts	4-Core 570 8-Core 1,058 97% 814 Pts	64-Core 1,091 68% 1,091 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.17 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 115 Parallax 129 102% 123 fps	MRender 174 Gravity 127 Splatting 106 108% 136 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 17,781 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 196GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 346 378 380 233 276 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 242 Write 402 Mixed 317 SusWrite 325 73% 322 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 48.6 166% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 119 151% 271 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$63 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free (System drive) Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 115 104 135 134 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 99.7 Write 57.1 Mixed 67.6 SusWrite 118 63% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.3 117% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 CMK16GX4M2D3000C16 CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 CMK16GX4M2D3000C16 32GB 141 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.5% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.1 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 23.1 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 108%

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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	43	8	144	24"	1920 1027	SPT098C Sceptre L24

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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 $262Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,293x
Core i9-9900KIntel $415Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,296x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,189x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,985x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,906x
RTX 3080Nvidia $700Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,626x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,582x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,337x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,146x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,290x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	943x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	938x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,082

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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