Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	91.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	355% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190410
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '19 at 12:47
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$403 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 147 2-Core 285 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 583 8-Core 1,070 99% 827 Pts	64-Core 1,601 99% 1,601 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Vega Frontier Edition-$1,000 1,949 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1600 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 16GB, Driver: 19.7.5 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Lighting 111 Reflection 87.8 Parallax 161 91% 120 fps	MRender 85.7 Gravity 121 Splatting 125 92% 111 fps
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$154 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 862GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2251 2235 1530 1535 1502 1533 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	355% Outstanding	Read 2,602 Write 2,284 Mixed 1,668 SusWrite 1,764 466% 2,080 MB/s	4K Read 62.9 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 87.6 290% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,291 DQ Write 1,115 DQ Mixed 1,200 900% 1,202 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 355% Great: 372%
SanDisk Dual Drive 16GB 223 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 11GB free, PID 559e Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.9 8.1 8.5 7.7 8.4 8.5 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Read 23.5 Write 5.5 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 7.8 13% 11.3 MB/s	4K Read 9.5 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 3.2 250% 5.27 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.3% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 14.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 19.5 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 110%

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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 $272Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,190x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,213x
Core i5-9600KIntel $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,142x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,965x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,885x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,608x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,562x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $154Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,328x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,129x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,274x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	933x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	932x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,001

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16