Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	223% 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	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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	20.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190410
Uptime	19.2 Days
Run Date	May 07 '24 at 04:29
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400F-$85 299,482 User benchmarks, average bench 85% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 86.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 239 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 594 67% 526 Pts	64-Core 610 38% 610 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Nvidia(10DE 13A2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 537.58 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 111 Parallax 125 98% 119 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 116 Splatting 104 106% 133 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$159 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 264GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 927 987 847 831 829 842 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 1,913 Write 1,445 Mixed 1,780 SusWrite 877 337% 1,504 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 61.3 195% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 757 DQ Write 662 DQ Mixed 786 568% 735 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 435%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$100 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 280GB free Firmware: SVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 411 419 428 430 438 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 458 Mixed 422 SusWrite 415 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 50.3 164% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 349 264% 353 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 137%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3600 4x8GB 1,973 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.3% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 23.3 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 22.8 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 128%

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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	64	49	75	24.9"	1280 720	HPN3547 HP 25f

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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 $242Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,256x
Core i9-9900KIntel $399Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,269x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,174x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,983x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,898x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,622x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,580x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,335x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,142x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,284x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	941x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	937x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,065

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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