Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	78% 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	247% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210423
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '21 at 23:30
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^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 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 143 2-Core 318 100% 185 Pts	4-Core 635 8-Core 928 98% 782 Pts	64-Core 930 58% 930 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3863 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78% Very good	Lighting 97 Reflection 96.3 Parallax 90.4 79% 94.6 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 84.3 Splatting 75.5 76% 95.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8500G 500GB 87,883 User benchmarks, average bench 197% 307GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42109 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1501 1520 1464 792 900 638 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 1511 Write 1466 Mixed 1,164 SusWrite 1,136 297% 1,319 MB/s	4K Read 63.4 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 79.7 268% 91.3 MB/s	DQ Read 760 DQ Write 769 DQ Mixed 348 376% 626 MB/s
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 277%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 283GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 475 472 465 429 352 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 436 Mixed 415 SusWrite 444 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 58.2 193% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 355 265% 353 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 129%
Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB 30,033 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 417GB free Firmware: RKT30Q.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1802 1808 536 137 135 219 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 1,246 Write 1,835 Mixed 1,206 SusWrite 773 286% 1,265 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 76.2 231% 86.9 MB/s	DQ Read 719 DQ Write 741 DQ Mixed 686 528% 716 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 305%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KF3200C16D4/16GX 2x16GB 43,162 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 40.7 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 32.7 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 45.1 SC Mixed 30 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 113%

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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	9,151x
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	1,882x
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	1,268x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	929x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	929x

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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