Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.4% 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	93.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190606
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '20 at 19:08
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 89.1 1-Core 137 2-Core 278 92% 168 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 691 77% 604 Pts	64-Core 774 48% 774 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Nvidia(10DE 12FB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.4% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 115 Parallax 109 96% 114 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 99.5 Splatting 84.1 85% 107 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Scorch M2 256GB 3,923 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FM11.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 40 50 57 71 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 654 Write 592 Mixed 472 SusWrite 117 102% 459 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 25.6 109% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 672 DQ Write 541 DQ Mixed 358 336% 524 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 151%
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 12GB free Firmware: CS900613 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 448 Write 325 Mixed 340 82% 371 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 77.6 4K Mixed 32.6 134% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 194 172% 256 MB/s
Poor: 42% Great: 87%
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 30GB free Firmware: CS900J13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 417 427 407 149 152 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 386 Write 398 Mixed 37 SusWrite 327 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 15.2 4K Mixed 0.3 46% 13.4 MB/s	DQ Read 38.4 DQ Write 15.3 DQ Mixed 17.1 15% 23.6 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 762GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 185 188 185 185 190 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 143 Mixed 83.8 SusWrite 186 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GB 54,117 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	77.8% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 24.8 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 23.4 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 112%

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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	9,167x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,194x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,125x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,960x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,603x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,557x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,322x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,122x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,269x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	931x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	930x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $978

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $40	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