Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	77.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	246% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190729
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '20 at 03:26
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 156 2-Core 311 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 617 8-Core 927 96% 772 Pts	64-Core 925 57% 925 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1667) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3250 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	77.8% Very good	Lighting 95.5 Reflection 85.9 Parallax 69.7 78% 83.7 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 94.3 Splatting 81.7 78% 97 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 423GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1527 1081 600 601 602 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 1,750 Write 1,591 Mixed 727 SusWrite 835 274% 1,226 MB/s	4K Read 50.4 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 59.2 228% 84.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,053 DQ Write 1,450 DQ Mixed 903 780% 1,135 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 254%
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 111GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 85 153 82 84 84 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Read 469 Write 420 Mixed 362 SusWrite 143 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 37.7 158% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 208 184% 273 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 94%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 731GB free Firmware: M3CR032 SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 470 463 445 390 396 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 436 Mixed 392 SusWrite 439 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 53.8 176% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 284 235% 337 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 41.7 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 29.4 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 38.8 SC Mixed 31.3 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 48.5 82% 48.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%

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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	9,147x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,184x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,119x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,957x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,881x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,601x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,555x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,321x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,121x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,267x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	929x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	928x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $985

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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