Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	120% 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	53.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200604
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '21 at 20:25
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$145 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 80.5 1-Core 138 2-Core 291 91% 170 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 779 84% 668 Pts	64-Core 855 53% 855 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4008) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 158 Parallax 159 129% 158 fps	MRender 192 Gravity 134 Splatting 121 119% 149 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD easystore 240GB 2,807 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: EF430400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 131 125 108 117 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 454 Write 351 Mixed 318 SusWrite 146 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 41.2 4K Mixed 15.3 75% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 77.8 DQ Mixed 18.6 34% 69.3 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 478GB free Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 198 195 196 198 198 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 16.7 Write 70.3 Mixed 39.7 SusWrite 195 59% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 112%
VendorCo ProductCode 8GB 4,860 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 5678 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.9 9 9 6.9 9 9 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	2.58% Terrible	Read 5 Write 4.5 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 8.4 8% 5.52 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0.03 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.58% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 7,253 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 27.9 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 26.4 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 79.6 50% 79.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 107%

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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 $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,205x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,222x
Core i5-9600KIntel $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,150x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,966x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,888x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,610x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,566x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,331x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,133x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,277x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	934x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	933x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,090

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16