Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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.
Boot Drive	77.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	50.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200221
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '23 at 20:50
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	42%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^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-$295 550,833 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 (2^nd percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 77 1-Core 95.6 2-Core 212 71% 128 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 536 56% 451 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% PNY(196E 119E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 535.98 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 146 Parallax 140 108% 140 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 139 Splatting 124 104% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 357 422 267 245 241 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 356 Write 358 Mixed 324 SusWrite 299 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 66.5 4K Mixed 27.2 98% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 326 246% 330 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 99%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 51GB free Firmware: 03090004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 302 111 76 77 78 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 385 Write 289 Mixed 279 SusWrite 144 61% 274 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 45.5 4K Mixed 27 93% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 115 96% 138 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x16GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 19.4 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 17.9 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 86.2 46% 86.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 160%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 42: 0P 2R 7G 11B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
42%	17%	117	214	58	144	24"	1280 720	ACI24E1 VG248

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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	9,178x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,205x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,130x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,963x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $600Bench 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	1,325x
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