Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	70.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	40.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	24.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200221
Uptime	11.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '22 at 02:08
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^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-$403 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 145 2-Core 282 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 1,008 92% 773 Pts	64-Core 1,464 91% 1,464 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$239 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 511.65 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.7% Very good	Lighting 87.4 Reflection 90.4 Parallax 84.2 71% 87.3 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 79.3 Splatting 71.2 70% 87.4 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Inland 1TB 1TB 177 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 586GB free (System drive) Firmware: T0805A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.8 8.1 6.5 8.4 6.5 6.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 509 Write 291 Mixed 337 SusWrite 7.3 63% 286 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 58.9 4K Mixed 0.5 73% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 15.7 DQ Write 9.9 DQ Mixed 0.5 4% 8.7 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 162 159 156 158 163 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 40% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$67 86,372 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.9% Good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 19.1 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 21.8 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 66.9% 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 $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,205x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,222x
Core i5-9600KIntel $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,150x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,966x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,888x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,610x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,566x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,331x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,133x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,277x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	934x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	933x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,090

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16