Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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	230% 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '20 at 05:40
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 way below expectations (20^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 606 70% 547 Pts	64-Core 752 46% 752 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Gigabyte(1458 2316) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.8.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 117 Parallax 215 115% 158 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 135 Splatting 164 116% 139 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 826GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1178 828 833 838 829 836 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 1,434 Write 1759 Mixed 1,393 SusWrite 890 309% 1,369 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 64.9 224% 82.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,215 DQ Write 997 DQ Mixed 1,064 808% 1,092 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 276%
SMI USB DISK 8GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 4GB free, PID 3267 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 42 42 42 42 41 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	29.9% Poor	Read 121 Write 39.7 Mixed 16.4 SusWrite 41 59% 54.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 2.1 114% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 21.4 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 21.2 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 111%

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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 $295Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,178x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,203x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,130x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,962x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $600Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,604x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,558x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,325x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,125x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,270x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	933x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	931x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,021

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $45	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