Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	107% 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	689% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191126
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '19 at 12:04
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$188 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 156 2-Core 281 100% 178 Pts	4-Core 624 8-Core 957 98% 791 Pts	64-Core 1287 80% 1287 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 146 Parallax 143 114% 143 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 138 Splatting 112 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS256GMTE110S 256GB 4,102 User benchmarks, average bench 148% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1026E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 47 30 55 63 66 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	689% Outstanding	Read 7,600 Write 68.5 Mixed 134 SusWrite 51.3 408% 1,963 MB/s	4K Read 946 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 8.5 1,446% 319 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 689% Great: 191%
Transcend TS256GMTS830S 256GB 440 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 85GB free Firmware: R0427BNR SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 379 337 353 349 276 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 462 Mixed 434 SusWrite 353 99% 442 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 56.7 207% 76.7 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 247 194% 264 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 115%
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB 24,911 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 223GB free Firmware: UF3000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 147 150 65 82 85 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 464 Write 373 Mixed 337 SusWrite 118 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 43.3 4K Mixed 19.8 85% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 81.2 DQ Mixed 42.7 47% 80.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 56%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 109GB free Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 67 74 77 73 71 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	74% Very good	Read 479 Write 406 Mixed 369 SusWrite 105 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 22.5 129% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 31.8 81% 167 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 78%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 287GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 152 153 152 152 153 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 131 Write 119 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 151 76% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 119% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3466 C19 2x8GB 3,646 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3466 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 25.8 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 31.6 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 50.6 79% 50.6 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 114%

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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	9,138x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,183x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,115x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,954x
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	1,554x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,321x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,120x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $65Bench 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: $968

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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