Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics82.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z390-A  (all builds)
Memory7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200221
Uptime5.8 Days
Run DateJan 12 '21 at 19:30
Run Duration210 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%
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 PC Performing below expectations (36th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-9900K-$410
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
92.3% Outstanding
Memory 82.8
1-Core 149
2-Core 291
94% 174 Pts
4-Core 545
8-Core 976
92% 761 Pts
64-Core 1,517
94% 1,517 Pts
Poor: 89%
This bench: 92.3%
Great: 104%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.51
Performing below potential (10th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
82.9% Excellent
Lighting 104
Reflection 115
Parallax 99.9
85% 107 fps
MRender 122
Gravity 87.2
Splatting 84.9
79% 98.1 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 82.9%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46
111GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 2,398
Write 2,019
Mixed 1,415
431% 1,944 MB/s
4K Read 57.8
4K Write 146
4K Mixed 75.8
262% 93.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1,008
DQ Write 909
DQ Mixed 1,064
769% 993 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 302%
Intel 540s Series 240GB
98GB free
Firmware: LSF036C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 130 106 107 107 106 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
84.6% Excellent
Read 473
Write 425
Mixed 418
SusWrite 119
80% 358 MB/s
4K Read 28.6
4K Write 97.7
4K Mixed 43.7
151% 56.7 MB/s
DQ Read 290
DQ Write 225
DQ Mixed 244
186% 253 MB/s
Poor: 57%
This bench: 84.6%
Great: 90%
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250
223GB free
Firmware: L2010420
SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 284 283 283 283 282 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
88.4% Excellent
Read 383
Write 282
Mixed 272
SusWrite 283
68% 305 MB/s
4K Read 31.6
4K Write 94.6
4K Mixed 32.5
140% 52.9 MB/s
DQ Read 345
DQ Write 270
DQ Mixed 271
213% 295 MB/s
Poor: 67%
This bench: 88.4%
Great: 95%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
58% Above average
MC Read 23.4
MC Write 21
MC Mixed 17.3
59% 20.6 GB/s
SC Read 14.4
SC Write 19.2
SC Mixed 14.7
46% 16.1 GB/s
Latency 75.5
53% 75.5 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 58%
Great: 107%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical PRIME Z390-A Builds (Compare 26,270 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 144%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 132%
UFO

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-A - $175

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $973
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