Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.24% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	308% 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 (18%). 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	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '21 at 06:26
Run Duration	336 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 75.9 1-Core 138 2-Core 270 87% 161 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 737 73% 594 Pts	64-Core 1,047 65% 1,047 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	5.24% Terrible	Lighting 5 Reflection 198 Parallax 8.9 4% 70.7 fps	MRender 6.7 Gravity 7.6 Splatting 11.9 8% 8.73 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.24% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Samsung SSD 980 1TB 5,348 User benchmarks, average bench 265% 880GB free (System drive) Firmware: GXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1465 1416 1707 1852 1669 1531 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	308% Outstanding	Read 2,341 Write 2,031 Mixed 2,006 SusWrite 1,607 449% 1,996 MB/s	4K Read 56.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 76.7 244% 82.2 MB/s	DQ Read 951 DQ Write 839 DQ Mixed 894 670% 895 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 308% Great: 421%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 115GB free Firmware: CXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1565 1381 1276 1157 1024 900 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 2,061 Write 1,719 Mixed 750 SusWrite 1,217 320% 1,437 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 99.6 4K Mixed 50 174% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 947 DQ Write 774 DQ Mixed 836 633% 852 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 353%
Fusion-io 1.65TB ioScale2 9 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 507GB free SusWrite @10s intervals: 1013 919 946 1046 1052 1056 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 81% Great: 122%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 12TB 454 User benchmarks, average bench 202% 5.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 417 418 428 405 406 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 316 Mixed 134 SusWrite 412 246% 339 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 7.1 4K Mixed 1.3 434% 4.07 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 285%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D26BFSB.16FD 2x16GB 951 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 15.7 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 11.6 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 88.4 45% 88.4 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 96%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $295Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,176x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,203x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,128x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,962x
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	1,324x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,125x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,270x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	933x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	931x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,021

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 $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