Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.5% 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	120% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190410
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '19 at 00:58
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (43^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 139 2-Core 267 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 750 80% 639 Pts	64-Core 749 46% 749 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 103%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel UHD Graphics 630 65,338 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6291 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.17% Terrible	Lighting 7.13 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 8.03 6% 8.81 fps	MRender 11.7 Gravity 7.07 Splatting 15.7 10% 11.5 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.17% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3363) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.5% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 123 Parallax 112 90% 115 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 100 Splatting 88.8 77% 95.1 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$40 10,318 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 244GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0614B0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1101 1152 152 204 143 202 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 1,417 Write 1326 Mixed 921 SusWrite 492 232% 1,039 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 48.5 4K Mixed 19.5 93% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 108 83% 113 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 248%
Patriot Burst 120GB 15,567 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 112GB free Firmware: SBFM11.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 63 78 62 61 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	47% Average	Read 304 Write 281 Mixed 238 SusWrite 90.7 51% 228 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 44.7 4K Mixed 21.7 85% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 84.7 DQ Write 66.8 DQ Mixed 83.7 60% 78.4 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 88%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 844GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1242 1243 1244 1247 1244 222 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 1302 Write 1,286 Mixed 992 SusWrite 1,074 262% 1,163 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 42.1 4K Mixed 34.5 112% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 89.2 DQ Mixed 107 81% 108 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 255%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 169GB free Firmware: GG2OACY0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 78 79 79 79 78 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 76.3 Write 54 Mixed 29 SusWrite 78.1 43% 59.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 930GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 176 180 182 152 173 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 117 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 167 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2D3000C16 2x8GB 11,591 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.6% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 21.4 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 23.3 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 101%

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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	9,168x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,197x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,127x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,961x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,603x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,558x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,323x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	930x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $973

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