Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	224% 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.

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Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200921
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '21 at 08:10
Run Duration	289 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900KF-$292 50,265 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 148 2-Core 294 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 1,012 93% 779 Pts	64-Core 1,574 97% 1,574 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Zotac(19DA 4617) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 497.09 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 122 Parallax 140 112% 133 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 107 Splatting 92.9 90% 113 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$35 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 720 698 681 654 558 651 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 1,968 Write 2,231 Mixed 1,956 SusWrite 660 383% 1,704 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 64.1 217% 78.9 MB/s	DQ Read 959 DQ Write 728 DQ Mixed 789 605% 825 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 297%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 364GB free Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 445 449 442 407 418 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 410 Mixed 402 SusWrite 437 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 28.7 117% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 49.7 101% 201 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 102%
HYUNDAI/240G 256GB 69 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 148GB free Firmware: H181007 SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 444 446 360 23 24 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 463 Write 409 Mixed 338 SusWrite 291 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 38.2 150% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 73.6 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 118 107% 155 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 90%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 56GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 90 91 91 92 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 135 Write 132 Mixed 87.9 SusWrite 90.3 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 213% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$41 87,344 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 26.8 100% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 46.6 SC Mixed 30.5 93% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 120%

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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 $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,215x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,229x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,154x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $490Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,969x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,889x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,613x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $82Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,569x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,332x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,135x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,278x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	935x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	933x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $1,067

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16