Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.7% 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	96.8% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190606
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '21 at 03:46
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$249 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 86.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 867 79% 664 Pts	64-Core 868 54% 868 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 103 Parallax 94.8 85% 101 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 95.7 Splatting 83.1 78% 96.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 350 365 357 366 366 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 177 Mixed 208 SusWrite 342 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 36.4 144% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 192 164% 245 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 651GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 138 147 146 153 152 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 129 Write 100 Mixed 66 SusWrite 144 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 43% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 106%
Seagate BUP Portable 5TB 5,996 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3.5TB free Firmware: 1707 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 139 138 139 146 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 109 Write 132 Mixed 81.1 SusWrite 140 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.9 222% 2 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$50 87,344 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	69.4% Good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 20.5 70% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 20.2 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 120%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 55: 5R 7G 9B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
55%	31%	67	285	213	165	27"	1920 1080	AUS2720 VG278

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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 $249Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,144x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,183x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,118x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,957x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,879x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,598x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,555x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,321x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,120x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,267x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	928x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	928x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $963

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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