Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	68.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.9% 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	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '20 at 06:23
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$137 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 156 2-Core 312 101% 187 Pts	4-Core 586 8-Core 903 92% 744 Pts	64-Core 908 56% 908 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.6% Good	Lighting 98.5 Reflection 97.7 Parallax 76.8 80% 91 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 98 Splatting 0.39 46% 64.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 179 263 147 140 100 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 428 Write 338 Mixed 234 SusWrite 181 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 40.8 149% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 205 188% 291 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$85 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 208 209 206 208 210 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 130 Mixed 85 SusWrite 206 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 114%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 77 75 76 77 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 114 Write 92.2 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 75.7 118% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.8 210% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 59%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 127GB free, PID 8001 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Read 38.2 Write 36.5 Mixed 27.7 SusWrite 42.1 49% 36.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 66% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$108 144,399 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.6% Very good	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 25 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 23.4 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 114%

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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 $259Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,342x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,330x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,211x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,995x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,920x
RTX 3080Nvidia $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,632x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,590x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,343x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,151x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,301x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	950x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	942x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $1,087

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