Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


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 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	68.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	178% 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.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200221
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '22 at 04:12
Run Duration	270 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

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 i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 130 2-Core 254 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 781 77% 632 Pts	64-Core 1,048 65% 1,048 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$270 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% EVGA(3842 3656) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 511.23 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.3% Good	Lighting 76.7 Reflection 107 Parallax 115 62% 99.7 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 95 Splatting 81.7 80% 99.9 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 939 997 982 922 649 545 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 1,218 Write 1,610 Mixed 1404 SusWrite 839 286% 1,268 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 84.4 4K Mixed 42.6 144% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 861 DQ Write 659 DQ Mixed 729 554% 750 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 297%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 253GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 410 409 424 425 430 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 374 Write 325 Mixed 326 SusWrite 408 81% 358 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 63.4 4K Mixed 33.8 113% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 286 232% 328 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 125%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 236GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 128 128 128 130 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 143 Write 122 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 128 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 196% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 190GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 182 185 204 207 198 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 148 Write 154 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 193 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 122% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4DFRA266.C8FE 2x16GB 627 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.4% Very good	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 21.6 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 20.5 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 92%

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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 $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,147x
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	1,881x
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