Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	120% 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	81.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	22.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190410
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 14 '24 at 03:09
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$415 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 207 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 743 67% 567 Pts	64-Core 1,137 70% 1,137 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480 20,231 User benchmarks, average bench 122% AMD(1002 0E36) ≥ 4GB Ram: 12GB, Driver: 24.4.1 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 132 Parallax 265 109% 177 fps	MRender 233 Gravity 146 Splatting 199 158% 193 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 129%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 206 192 197 162 166 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 481 Write 199 Mixed 223 SusWrite 192 60% 274 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 31.6 125% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 180 163% 253 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 129%
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 231GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2092 2149 2121 2154 2121 1643 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	336% Outstanding	Read 2,479 Write 2,204 Mixed 1,472 SusWrite 2,047 460% 2,050 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 68.5 233% 84 MB/s	DQ Read 1,008 DQ Write 771 DQ Mixed 844 644% 875 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 336% Great: 425%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 489GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 159 159 155 148 166 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 143 Write 147 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 157 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 111% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 CMW16GX4M2E3200C16 CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 CMW16GX4M2E3200C16 32GB 432 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 29 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 32.5 SC Mixed 25.6 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 114%

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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	70	58	144	31.5"	1280 720	MSI1462 MSI MAG321CQR

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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 $262Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,293x
Core i9-9900KIntel $415Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,297x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,190x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,985x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,907x
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