Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 83%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics95.7% 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 Drive278% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z390-A  (all builds)
Memory24.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180814
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateMar 27 '19 at 01:08
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 47%

 PC Performing as expected (48th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
89.8% Excellent
Memory 87.9
1-Core 135
2-Core 268
90% 164 Pts
4-Core 493
8-Core 792
79% 642 Pts
64-Core 1,135
70% 1,135 Pts
Poor: 76%
This bench: 89.8%
Great: 100%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.91
Performing below potential (75th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
95.7% Outstanding
Lighting 124
Reflection 130
Parallax 112
101% 122 fps
MRender 94.5
Gravity 120
Splatting 101
86% 105 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 95.7%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
406GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 898 649 651 648 648 644 MB/s
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
278% Outstanding
Read 2,476
Write 2,208
Mixed 1,667
SusWrite 690
393% 1,760 MB/s
4K Read 54.6
4K Write 130
4K Mixed 74.3
247% 86.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1,454
DQ Write 1,251
DQ Mixed 1,140
912% 1,282 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 278%
Great: 340%
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$85
397GB free
Firmware: X61190WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 417 459 453 432 443 MB/s
Performing below expectations (36th percentile)
94.3% Outstanding
Read 391
Write 264
Mixed 317
SusWrite 441
80% 353 MB/s
4K Read 27.9
4K Write 52.9
4K Mixed 36.1
116% 39 MB/s
DQ Read 374
DQ Write 313
DQ Mixed 268
221% 318 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 94.3%
Great: 121%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB-$140
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (13th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
67.9% Good
MC Read 24.7
MC Write 25.4
MC Mixed 21.2
68% 23.8 GB/s
SC Read 16.1
SC Write 26.7
SC Mixed 20.7
60% 21.2 GB/s
Latency 69.7
57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 67.9%
Great: 120%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z390-A Builds (Compare 26,270 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 144%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 132%
UFO

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-A - $175

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $973
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HDDRAMUSB
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