Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 129% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 117% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	153% 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	234% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	23.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20200221
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 17 '24 at 19:42
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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-$264 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 794 74% 618 Pts	64-Core 814 50% 814 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% MSI(1462 3903) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 552.44 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	153% Outstanding	Lighting 226 Reflection 209 Parallax 202 184% 213 fps	MRender 193 Gravity 154 Splatting 137 129% 161 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$157 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 936 844 639 846 835 808 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 2,280 Write 1,762 Mixed 1,572 SusWrite 818 359% 1,608 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 63.2 202% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 730 DQ Write 608 DQ Mixed 720 525% 686 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 372%
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$87 58,572 User benchmarks, average bench 341% 10GB free Firmware: 2B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2201 Write 2,034 Mixed 2,000 464% 2,078 MB/s	4K Read 52.5 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 65.8 215% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,010 DQ Write 826 DQ Mixed 925 691% 920 MB/s
Poor: 206% Great: 442%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 929GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 174 175 174 176 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 168 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 174 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 CMW16GX4M2D3600C18 CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 CMW16GX4M2D3600C18 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 22.4 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 21.5 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 73%

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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	45	9	240	27"	1920 1009	SAM727A Odyssey G40B

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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 $264Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,270x
Core i9-9900KIntel $399Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,279x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,184x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,984x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,902x
RTX 3080Nvidia $435Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,624x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,582x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $157Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,336x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,144x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,285x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	941x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	938x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $1,092

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	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 i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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