Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.3% 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	78.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200921
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '21 at 16:34
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$410 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 152 2-Core 301 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 1,020 94% 788 Pts	64-Core 1,576 98% 1,576 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 121 Parallax 105 88% 111 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 94.2 Splatting 95.8 78% 95.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP300 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$75 4,196 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FM11.7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 141 108 103 105 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 647 Write 136 Mixed 195 SusWrite 124 60% 276 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 27.1 124% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 159 123% 171 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 128%
Kingdian S200 60GB 737 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 19GB free Firmware: Q1103A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 209 39 39 29 27 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 504 Write 267 Mixed 323 SusWrite 98.2 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 19.4 114% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 25.3 70% 145 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 69%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 112GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 296 299 298 299 299 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 474 Mixed 394 SusWrite 310 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 53.1 176% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 353 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 105GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,642 Write 2,147 Mixed 1,548 468% 2,112 MB/s	4K Read 51.1 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 67.7 228% 79.7 MB/s	DQ Read 912 DQ Write 697 DQ Mixed 793 596% 801 MB/s
Poor: 195% Great: 393%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 366GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 120 118 118 118 118 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 152 Write 139 Mixed 110 SusWrite 118 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 109%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 135 136 136 136 136 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 131 Write 134 Mixed 87.7 SusWrite 135 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	86.9% Excellent	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 23.3 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 27.2 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 104%

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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	9,173x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,201x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,127x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,961x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,604x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,558x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,323x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,124x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,269x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	933x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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