Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 139% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 133% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	129% 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	261% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '19 at 16:50
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 157 2-Core 263 97% 172 Pts	4-Core 635 8-Core 1,157 108% 896 Pts	64-Core 1,261 78% 1,261 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 12A6) ≥ 4GB; Founder CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 171 Parallax 165 145% 171 fps	MRender 190 Gravity 153 Splatting 114 121% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1141 399 303 304 305 305 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 2,395 Write 1,470 Mixed 1,083 SusWrite 460 299% 1,352 MB/s	4K Read 60.1 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 78.5 267% 93.4 MB/s	DQ Read 976 DQ Write 1,488 DQ Mixed 1,014 829% 1,160 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 280%
Mushkin Reactor 256GB-$114 909 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 103GB free Firmware: N1007C SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 294 298 300 300 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 297 Mixed 279 SusWrite 290 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 41.5 154% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 180 163% 247 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 98%
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 73GB free Firmware: CS900210 SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 221 248 290 235 314 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 363 Write 112 Mixed 263 SusWrite 261 56% 250 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 29.4 136% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 162 151% 228 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 87%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 538GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 93 91 93 94 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 90.2 Mixed 65.9 SusWrite 91.4 64% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 84%
448 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 29GB free, PID 6300, Micro Center Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 26 26 24 26 26 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 106 Write 52.1 Mixed 38.4 SusWrite 26 64% 55.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 1.1 67% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 8% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 28.7 95% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 28.8 84% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 95%

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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	9,151x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,185x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,119x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,958x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,882x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,602x

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	1,122x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,268x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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