Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	121% 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	95.7% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180814
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '19 at 06:34
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 277 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 655 78% 601 Pts	64-Core 774 48% 774 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 865F) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 153 Parallax 154 137% 158 fps	MRender 164 Gravity 132 Splatting 102 105% 133 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM91.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 323 407 420 422 409 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 393 Write 351 Mixed 322 SusWrite 392 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 81.7 4K Mixed 32.6 141% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 193 177% 269 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 94%
Intel Optane+1.8TBHDD 582 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 804GB free Firmware: 17.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 234 262 266 158 171 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 43% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL16-18-18 D4-3000 2x8GB 5,165 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.7% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 20.8 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 21.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 63.7% 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 $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,150x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,185x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,119x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,958x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,881x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,602x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,555x
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 $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,267x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	929x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	928x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $985

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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