Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 144% UFO	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 141% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way 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. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 109%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	131% 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	266% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190606
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '19 at 01:06
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way 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 i7-9700K-$252 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 163 2-Core 296 103% 185 Pts	4-Core 646 8-Core 1,289 114% 968 Pts	64-Core 1,292 80% 1,292 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$396 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 8662) CLim: 2325 MHz, MLim: 3675 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 164 Parallax 168 148% 171 fps	MRender 195 Gravity 153 Splatting 112 121% 154 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 1TB 40,637 User benchmarks, average bench 210% 643GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 980 858 1009 974 591 792 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 1,693 Write 2,001 Mixed 1,361 SusWrite 867 333% 1,481 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 61.2 218% 79.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,936 DQ Write 1,586 DQ Mixed 1,707 1,293% 1,743 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 284%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 530GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 489 492 491 492 492 492 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 490 Mixed 390 SusWrite 491 106% 472 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 52.7 191% 72.7 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 354 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 121%
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB 11,642 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 411GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 104 106 107 107 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 112 Write 114 Mixed 86.8 SusWrite 102 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 75%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 15,101 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 430GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 84 90 91 90 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 92 Write 91.5 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 85.9 101% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 83% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$38 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 26.8 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 36.8 SC Mixed 30.2 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 103%

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

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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	9,167x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,193x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,125x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,960x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,603x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,557x
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 $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,269x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	931x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	930x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $975

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16