Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.9% 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	206% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190606
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 06 '20 at 05:55
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th 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 (83^rd percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Memory 90.8 1-Core 139 2-Core 277 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 558 8-Core 818 86% 688 Pts	64-Core 821 51% 821 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% PowerColor(148C 2402) Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 99.3 Parallax 184 94% 133 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 108 Splatting 138 96% 114 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 512GB 20,736 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 412GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1205 555 558 555 546 554 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 1,150 Write 2,264 Mixed 1,302 SusWrite 662 305% 1,344 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 69.9 238% 90.9 MB/s	DQ Read 742 DQ Write 1,289 DQ Mixed 985 756% 1,005 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 267%
Pcie SSD 512GB 20,736 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 476GB free Firmware: ECFM22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2280 783 552 553 554 546 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 1,137 Write 2,252 Mixed 1,308 SusWrite 878 316% 1,394 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 71.7 241% 90.8 MB/s	DQ Read 532 DQ Write 1,575 DQ Mixed 1,015 787% 1,041 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 267%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3TB free Firmware: FP1R SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 167 173 169 170 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 148 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 172 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 369% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 104%
Apple HDD HTS545050A7E362 500GB 4,646 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 466GB free Firmware: GG2AB990 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 106 104 106 105 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 102 Write 103 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 105 64% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 61%
WD Gaming Drive 4TB 398 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 3.5TB free, PID 261e Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 120 120 120 119 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 121 Write 96.5 Mixed 70 SusWrite 120 135% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 7 4K Mixed 0.6 263% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.6% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 24.8 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 24.1 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 114%

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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