Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.45% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	41.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	16.3 GB free of 20 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181019
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '18 at 19:00
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8350K-$139 23,493 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 88.3 1-Core 156 2-Core 312 100% 186 Pts	4-Core 619 8-Core 623 83% 621 Pts	64-Core 613 38% 613 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i3) 32,403 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6291 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.45% Terrible	Lighting 7.63 Reflection 11.6 Parallax 7.75 6% 9 fps	MRender 11.3 Gravity 6.73 Splatting 16.3 10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.45% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 41 81 80 86 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	41.6% Average	Read 374 Write 345 Mixed 156 SusWrite 84.9 53% 240 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 12.9 4K Mixed 11.3 69% 18.5 MB/s	DQ Read 51.5 DQ Write 19.9 DQ Mixed 20.5 19% 30.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 100%
Toshiba MK2565GSX H 250GB 98 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 233GB free Firmware: GJ003A SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 72 72 72 72 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 69.2 Write 72 Mixed 25 SusWrite 71.4 43% 59.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 42%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 423GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 105 106 107 107 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 104 Write 91.3 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 106 65% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 Crucial CT4G4DFS824A.C8FE CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	69% Good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 20.7 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 22.2 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 94%

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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 $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,167x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,193x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,125x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,960x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,603x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,557x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,321x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,122x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,269x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	931x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	930x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $975

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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