Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	114% 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	215% 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	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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	52.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190902
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '19 at 09:39
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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-$405 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 135 2-Core 270 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 847 85% 692 Pts	64-Core 1,397 86% 1,397 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Asus(1043 8708) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 145 Parallax 144 123% 146 fps	MRender 175 Gravity 125 Splatting 105 107% 135 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte Aorus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$80 15,656 User benchmarks, average bench 339% 428GB free (System drive) Firmware: EGFM11.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 563 554 613 677 703 689 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 1,774 Write 2,167 Mixed 1,764 SusWrite 633 357% 1,585 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 83.9 4K Mixed 53.8 181% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,268 DQ Write 968 DQ Mixed 1,080 818% 1,105 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 491%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 804GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 249 254 248 243 248 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	25.1% Poor	Read 182 Write 260 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 249 41% 183 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 9.5 4K Mixed 1 8% 3.93 MB/s	DQ Read 2.3 DQ Write 9.9 DQ Mixed 2.3 3% 4.83 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 445%
WD Re 4TB (2012)-$70 4,260 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 968GB free Firmware: 01.01K03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 44 46 47 47 47 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$112 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 187 189 187 189 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 144 Mixed 76 SusWrite 185 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 105%
LaCie iamaKey 8GB 104 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID 1027 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.3 11 9.9 11 11 10 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	9.84% Terrible	Read 33.5 Write 4.7 Mixed 6.8 SusWrite 10.2 14% 13.8 MB/s	4K Read 11.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 43% 3.9 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 9.84% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2666 C13 4x16GB 598 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2727 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 27.1 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 38 SC Mixed 27.7 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 129%

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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 $263Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,216x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,232x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,154x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,970x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,890x
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,613x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $81Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,570x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,333x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,135x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,278x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	935x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	933x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $1,062

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16