Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 114% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% 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 Drive	170% 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	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '21 at 03:56
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$252 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 88 1-Core 134 2-Core 211 84% 144 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 940 85% 718 Pts	64-Core 952 59% 952 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$394 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 865F) CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 3950 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 172 Parallax 178 151% 178 fps	MRender 196 Gravity 150 Splatting 129 126% 158 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team TM8FP6256G 256GB 5,658 User benchmarks, average bench 165% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: EDFM20.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 773 818 211 196 194 190 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 955 Write 1,019 Mixed 942 SusWrite 397 186% 828 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 59.1 224% 86.2 MB/s	DQ Read 771 DQ Write 974 DQ Mixed 764 606% 836 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 246%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 171GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1595 980 562 565 563 562 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 1,795 Write 1,599 Mixed 1,199 SusWrite 804 302% 1,349 MB/s	4K Read 53.6 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 69.5 237% 82.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,461 DQ Write 1,234 DQ Mixed 1,321 997% 1,339 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 340%
TEAML5Lite3D240G 240GB 6,836 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 223GB free Firmware: R0302A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 55 49 55 45 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 408 Write 366 Mixed 339 SusWrite 88 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 28.4 123% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 50.9 98% 193 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3000 4x8GB 4,811 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	84.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 25.2 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 36.7 SC Mixed 24.9 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 108%

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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