Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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)
Memory25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200221
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 18 '21 at 01:24
Run Duration134 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing as expected (41st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-9700K-$265
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
79.7% Very good
Memory 81.5
1-Core 104
2-Core 208
74% 131 Pts
4-Core 418
8-Core 828
74% 623 Pts
64-Core 820
51% 820 Pts
Poor: 82%
This bench: 79.7%
Great: 105%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Asus(1043 8694) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
6.51% Terrible
Lighting 5.9
Reflection 10.4
Parallax 9.1
5% 8.47 fps
MRender 13.2
Gravity 7.8
Splatting 14.2
10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 6.51%
Great: 7%
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510
Nvidia(10DE 13A2) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
103% Outstanding
Lighting 126
Reflection 110
Parallax 131
102% 122 fps
MRender 181
Gravity 117
Splatting 109
108% 136 fps
Poor: 90%
This bench: 103%
Great: 106%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 1TB
506GB free
Firmware: S1111A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 539 391 603 354 363 609 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
165% Outstanding
Read 1,417
Write 1,522
Mixed 965
SusWrite 476
245% 1,095 MB/s
4K Read 40.3
4K Write 125
4K Mixed 22.8
156% 62.7 MB/s
DQ Read 822
DQ Write 734
DQ Mixed 477
440% 677 MB/s
Poor: 145%
This bench: 165%
Great: 310%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31
9GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 62 88 105 50 95 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
58% Above average
Read 122
Write 136
Mixed 83.2
SusWrite 79.8
78% 105 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1.1
223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 58%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
GEIL CL16-18-18 D4-3200 Corsair CMK16GX4M2D3200C16 CL16-18-18 D4-3200 Corsair CMK16GX4M2D3200C16 32GB
2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
74.2% Very good
MC Read 27.1
MC Write 29.1
MC Mixed 23.5
76% 26.6 GB/s
SC Read 14.7
SC Write 29.4
SC Mixed 22.2
63% 22.1 GB/s
Latency 77.8
51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 74.2%
Great: 74%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z390-A Builds (Compare 26,377 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: 87% - Excellent Total price: $1,092
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