Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	182% 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	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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190318
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '20 at 23:18
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 784 76% 623 Pts	64-Core 846 52% 846 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 8670) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 119 Parallax 124 107% 125 fps	MRender 168 Gravity 125 Splatting 99 103% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN500 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$37 14,368 User benchmarks, average bench 189% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: 201000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 850 694 714 706 169 271 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	182% Outstanding	Read 1,012 Write 1,082 Mixed 922 SusWrite 567 202% 896 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 56.5 198% 74.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,071 DQ Write 978 DQ Mixed 1,038 775% 1,029 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 228%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 93GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 403 217 172 150 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 426 Write 394 Mixed 351 SusWrite 254 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 50.3 164% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 337 254% 339 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 133%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 358GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 166 162 167 165 167 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 127 Write 114 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 164 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 143% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G36C16U4WL.M8FE1 4x8GB 827 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 27.9 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 35.6 SC Mixed 24.3 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 127%

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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	6,196x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,127x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,960x
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	1,122x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,269x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	931x
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 $300	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