Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	66.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	253% 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.

Very high background CPU (54%). 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	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190606
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '19 at 20:49
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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-$252 550,833 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 (13^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 234 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 880 80% 673 Pts	64-Core 898 56% 898 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.8 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	66.5% Good	Lighting 82.7 Reflection 91.2 Parallax 78.2 67% 84 fps	MRender 79.5 Gravity 79.9 Splatting 77.7 65% 79 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1195 422 404 405 403 405 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 2,410 Write 2,210 Mixed 1,518 SusWrite 539 372% 1,669 MB/s	4K Read 54.7 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 76.6 250% 87.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,004 DQ Write 1,029 DQ Mixed 1,097 802% 1,043 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 302%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 252GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 88 88 89 88 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 74.5 Write 75.2 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 87.5 55% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 96%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 202GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 168 167 169 169 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 166 Mixed 99 SusWrite 167 111% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.3 256% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 22.3 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 22.2 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 88%

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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	9,165x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,190x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,122x

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	1,602x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,556x
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
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	930x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	930x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $978

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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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