Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics91.4% 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 Drive230% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z390-A  (all builds)
Memory0.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200221
Uptime0.8 Days
Run DateJan 15 '21 at 16:42
Run Duration210 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 50%
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 PC Performing below expectations (34th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-9700-$260
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
81.1% Excellent
Memory 80.2
1-Core 118
2-Core 244
81% 147 Pts
4-Core 441
8-Core 773
73% 607 Pts
64-Core 810
50% 810 Pts
Poor: 74%
This bench: 81.1%
Great: 99%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324
Asus(1043 8775) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89
Performing below potential (72nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
91.4% Outstanding
Lighting 116
Reflection 126
Parallax 109
94% 117 fps
MRender 126
Gravity 99.2
Splatting 93.6
85% 106 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 91.4%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37
206GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 860 612 622 628 607 662 MB/s
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
230% Outstanding
Read 1,825
Write 1,942
Mixed 1,621
SusWrite 665
340% 1,513 MB/s
4K Read 42.1
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 60
203% 73.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,474
DQ Write 926
DQ Mixed 1,153
872% 1,185 MB/s
Poor: 168%
This bench: 230%
Great: 297%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74
165GB free
Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1350 693 629 621 645 544 MB/s
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
248% Outstanding
Read 1,933
Write 2067
Mixed 1,705
SusWrite 747
362% 1,613 MB/s
4K Read 42.1
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 62.4
211% 77 MB/s
DQ Read 1655
DQ Write 1,028
DQ Mixed 1,270
966% 1,318 MB/s
Poor: 188%
This bench: 248%
Great: 347%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60
480GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 91 93 93 93 93 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
57.5% Above average
Read 107
Write 106
Mixed 57.7
SusWrite 92.5
67% 90.9 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 0.9
192% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 57.5%
Great: 83%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
78% Very good
MC Read 33.2
MC Write 29.9
MC Mixed 24.5
83% 29.2 GB/s
SC Read 15.1
SC Write 20.1
SC Mixed 18.3
51% 17.8 GB/s
Latency 80.2
50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 78%
Great: 111%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z390-A Builds (Compare 26,269 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: $978
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