Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 110% UFO	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 110%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	96.7% 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	285% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190606
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '19 at 06:00
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$252 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 162 2-Core 326 106% 195 Pts	4-Core 650 8-Core 1,269 114% 959 Pts	64-Core 1,287 80% 1,287 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 868E) CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 115 Parallax 114 100% 117 fps	MRender 147 Gravity 105 Splatting 89.3 90% 114 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 252GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 753 597 605 601 589 587 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	285% Outstanding	Read 2,361 Write 2,006 Mixed 1,426 SusWrite 622 357% 1,604 MB/s	4K Read 61.8 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 83.2 275% 95.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,767 DQ Write 1,255 DQ Mixed 1,409 1,080% 1,477 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 285% Great: 340%
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 238GB free Firmware: Q0922FS SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 428 458 446 447 443 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 436 Mixed 364 SusWrite 426 96% 424 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 43.7 148% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 232 188% 262 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 118%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 11GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.8 5.5 5.4 5.8 5.6 5.4 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Read 25.5 Write 5 Mixed 9 SusWrite 5.4 12% 11.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 2.6 158% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 41 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 28.6 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 39 SC Mixed 31.1 88% 31 GB/s	Latency 47.5 84% 47.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

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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 $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,168x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,198x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,127x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,961x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,603x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,558x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,323x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,123x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,269x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	932x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	930x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $973

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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