Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	124% 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	181% 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	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 (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200921
Uptime	23 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '22 at 00:24
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	59%

PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$249 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 277 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 619 74% 571 Pts	64-Core 938 58% 938 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 184 Parallax 192 137% 181 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 177 Splatting 124 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

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% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 505 463 446 444 381 384 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 1,649 Write 1637 Mixed 1,261 SusWrite 437 279% 1,246 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 42.8 167% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 826 DQ Write 858 DQ Mixed 1,028 722% 904 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 297%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2017)-$85 26,606 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 300GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 101 105 99 102 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 68 Write 97.8 Mixed 65 SusWrite 102 61% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 51% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 85%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 35,039 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 178GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 181 166 165 163 183 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 70.5 Write 121 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 171 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.3 82% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$63 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 22.3 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 20.4 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 110%

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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 $249Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,145x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 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	1,599x

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 $129Bench 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: $982

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