Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	71.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	351% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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	59.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181221
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '19 at 19:46
Run Duration	291 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$403 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 155 2-Core 301 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 603 8-Core 1,163 105% 883 Pts	64-Core 1,657 102% 1,657 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro P4000 12,628 User benchmarks, average bench 67% Nvidia(10DE 11A3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1708 MHz, MLim: 1901 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Lighting 86.6 Reflection 93 Parallax 89.7 71% 89.8 fps	MRender 88.9 Gravity 88.2 Splatting 91.2 73% 89.4 fps
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 70%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$98 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 847GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2348 2112 1470 1452 1477 1478 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	351% Outstanding	Read 2,546 Write 2,371 Mixed 1,614 SusWrite 1,723 463% 2,064 MB/s	4K Read 61 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 81.7 266% 90.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,494 DQ Write 1,258 DQ Mixed 1344 1,016% 1,365 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 351% Great: 410%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$98 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 931GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2381 2235 1484 1496 1498 1503 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	368% Outstanding	Read 2,601 Write 2,410 Mixed 1,744 SusWrite 1766 478% 2,130 MB/s	4K Read 66.7 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 88.3 289% 98.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,575 DQ Write 1,386 DQ Mixed 1,486 1,112% 1,482 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 368% Great: 410%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$79 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 170 171 169 170 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 145 Mixed 81.1 SusWrite 170 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
Lacie Rugged RAID 4TB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2.5TB free Firmware: 1153 SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 225 226 227 228 228 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 209 Write 172 Mixed 90.1 SusWrite 225 127% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 7.4 4K Mixed 1.7 368% 3.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 125%
Lacie Rugged SECURE 2TB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1153 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 12 12 12 12 12 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 134 Write 13.1 Mixed 24.2 SusWrite 11.9 34% 45.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.2 78% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905701-017.A00G 4x16GB 83 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 26.8 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 28.2 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 115%

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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 $275Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,189x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,213x
Core i5-9600KIntel $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,142x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,965x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,885x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,608x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,562x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $154Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,327x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,129x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,273x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	933x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	932x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,004

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16