Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	73.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191126
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '21 at 20:38
Run Duration	300 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$208 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 86.1 1-Core 135 2-Core 267 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 826 78% 647 Pts	64-Core 1,009 62% 1,009 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2172) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 114 Parallax 134 109% 127 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 132 Splatting 109 112% 141 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 264 182 122 119 52 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 479 Write 427 Mixed 134 SusWrite 191 68% 308 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 62.6 4K Mixed 27 95% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 131 142% 238 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 196 198 197 194 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 147 Mixed 85.4 SusWrite 192 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%
Seagate ST3250620AS 6TB 810GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 122 123 120 118 120 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 171 Write 151 Mixed 90.6 SusWrite 120 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 11.6 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 1 670% 5.57 MB/s

Seagate Expansion 3TB 2,934 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 531GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 98 98 97 97 100 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 66.5 Write 84.3 Mixed 73.6 SusWrite 97.9 60% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.4 222% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 62%
SAMSUNG HM321HI 320GB 92 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 71GB free, PID 047a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 42 42 41 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	20% Poor	Read 38.8 Write 27.1 Mixed 32.4 SusWrite 41.6 47% 35 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2A2666C16 2x16GB 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.7 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 22.3 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 94%

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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 $275Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,180x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,207x
Core i5-9600KIntel $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,134x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,964x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,605x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,559x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,326x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,125x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,271x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	933x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	931x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,004

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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