Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	36.1 GB free of 48 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180814
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '21 at 07:04
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	3%

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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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 86.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 223 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 748 73% 600 Pts	64-Core 849 52% 849 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.33 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 143 Parallax 134 110% 137 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 142 Splatting 119 103% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 490 Write 341 Mixed 366 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 55.5 182% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 355 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 79% Great: 131%
WD My Passport 262E 2TB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 201GB free Firmware: 1083 SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 336 347 351 353 353 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 320 Write 345 Mixed 306 SusWrite 347 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 34 4K Mixed 22.2 72% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 156 118% 157 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 70%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 269GB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 145 148 149 149 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 143 Write 127 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 146 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 103%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 34GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 60 55 60 60 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 69.6 Write 53.1 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 59.4 45% 60.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 84%
WD Elements SE 25FE 2TB 1,305 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 43GB free, PID 25fe Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 63 60 62 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 95 Write 86.5 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 62.2 98% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.3 154% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3600C16-16GVKC Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 F4-3600C16-16GVKC Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 48GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	92.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 29.8 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 38 SC Mixed 27.2 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 93%

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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 $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,146x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,184x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,119x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,957x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,880x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,600x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,555x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,321x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,121x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,267x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	929x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	928x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $985

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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