Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	12.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	97.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190129
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '20 at 01:38
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 150 2-Core 280 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 897 86% 710 Pts	64-Core 1,140 71% 1,140 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 22F1) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	12.8% Very poor	Lighting 16.4 Reflection 15.3 Parallax 19.9 13% 17.2 fps	MRender 13 Gravity 16.4 Splatting 13.5 12% 14.3 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 240GB 26,886 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM91.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 383 402 403 415 413 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 393 Write 388 Mixed 297 SusWrite 393 83% 368 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 80 4K Mixed 38.1 146% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 213 183% 268 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 141GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 118 114 114 114 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 166 Write 126 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 115 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 159GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 100 101 101 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 139 Write 115 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 101 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 192% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 109%
Patriot Burst 2TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 126 125 120 118 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 50.5 Write 127 Mixed 66 SusWrite 121 67% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.3 244% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3000 C15 Series 2x8GB 831 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.5% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 19.7 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 22.9 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 102%

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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 $263Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,216x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,236x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,155x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,971x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,890x
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,613x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,570x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,333x
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	934x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $1,075

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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16