Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	83.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	271% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181019
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '21 at 17:06
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^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-$459 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 150 2-Core 264 96% 170 Pts	4-Core 599 8-Core 1,144 104% 872 Pts	64-Core 1,643 102% 1,643 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3726) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.3% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 109 Parallax 89.6 82% 100 fps	MRender 144 Gravity 74.3 Splatting 98 85% 106 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 208GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 796 516 504 504 497 493 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	271% Outstanding	Read 2,514 Write 2,095 Mixed 1,562 SusWrite 552 374% 1,680 MB/s	4K Read 58.8 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 78 255% 87.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,432 DQ Write 1,160 DQ Mixed 1,278 962% 1,290 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 271% Great: 340%
PNY CS3030 2TB SSD 2,666 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 1TB free Firmware: CS303225 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1967 1037 1042 1038 1006 734 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 1,212 Write 1,062 Mixed 1,683 SusWrite 1,137 288% 1,274 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 72.8 236% 88.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,607 DQ Write 1,395 DQ Mixed 1,472 1,111% 1,491 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 315%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1.5TB free Firmware: FP1R SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 136 141 138 139 141 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 156 Write 152 Mixed 67 SusWrite 139 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 246% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 104%
Hitachi HTS722020K9SA00 FDE 200GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 167GB free Firmware: DC4LC75A SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 63 64 65 65 65 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	37% Below average	Read 64.8 Write 64.2 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 63.9 42% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 117% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	91% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 25.1 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 37.3 SC Mixed 29.4 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 104%

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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 $285Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,178x
Core i9-9900KIntel $459Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,206x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,130x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,963x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $600Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,604x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,558x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,325x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,125x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,270x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	933x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	931x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,014

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16