Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 98%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics75% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive346% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z390-A  (all builds)
Memory27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190410
Uptime6.1 Days
Run DateDec 02 '19 at 14:08
Run Duration147 Seconds
Run User ISR-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing as expected (58th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-9700KF-$280
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
90.6% Outstanding
Memory 93.9
1-Core 151
2-Core 256
94% 167 Pts
4-Core 469
8-Core 924
82% 697 Pts
64-Core 932
58% 932 Pts
Poor: 84%
This bench: 90.6%
Great: 105%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.0
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
75% Very good
Lighting 99.7
Reflection 87.6
Parallax 76.8
81% 88 fps
MRender 71.8
Gravity 81.1
Splatting 76.9
63% 76.6 fps
Poor: 62%
This bench: 75%
Great: 73%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170
373GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2135 1972 1937 2051 2045 2066 MB/s
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
346% Outstanding
Read 2,327
Write 1,813
Mixed 1151
SusWrite 2,034
410% 1,831 MB/s
4K Read 50.5
4K Write 132
4K Mixed 71.4
238% 84.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,348
DQ Write 1,133
DQ Mixed 1,220
919% 1,233 MB/s
Poor: 195%
This bench: 346%
Great: 393%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38
221GB free
Firmware: SBFKK1B3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 460 454 458 458 459 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
95.7% Outstanding
Read 400
Write 440
Mixed 365
SusWrite 395
90% 400 MB/s
4K Read 31.7
4K Write 85.7
4K Mixed 37.2
141% 51.5 MB/s
DQ Read 218
DQ Write 335
DQ Mixed 169
158% 241 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 95.7%
Great: 102%
JetFlash Transcend 8GB
7GB free, PID 1000
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.7 9.1 9.2 9.1 9.2 9.1 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
7.81% Terrible
Read 20.3
Write 6.3
Mixed 14.8
SusWrite 9.1
16% 12.6 MB/s
4K Read 4.4
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 1
71% 2 MB/s
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.81%
Great: 16%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX 2666 C16 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
51.1% Above average
MC Read 18
MC Write 17.5
MC Mixed 15
48% 16.8 GB/s
SC Read 14.6
SC Write 18.3
SC Mixed 18.3
49% 17.1 GB/s
Latency 60
67% 60 ns
Poor: 51%
This bench: 51.1%
Great: 97%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z390-A Builds (Compare 26,276 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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