Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.5% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191126
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '20 at 09:51
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900KF-$295 50,265 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 107 2-Core 199 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 711 66% 550 Pts	64-Core 1,191 74% 1,191 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4009) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	64.7% Good	Lighting 77.8 Reflection 75.8 Parallax 80 63% 77.9 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 74.3 Splatting 69.5 67% 84.5 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB 35,237 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT24B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 338 333 329 314 311 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 449 Write 344 Mixed 267 SusWrite 329 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 83.4 4K Mixed 35.7 129% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 263 222% 323 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 126%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 454GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 156 155 155 154 154 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 175 Mixed 121 SusWrite 154 120% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 19.1 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 17 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	9,168x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,195x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,127x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,960x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,603x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,557x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,323x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	930x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $978

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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