Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.2% 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	164% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190129
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '20 at 20:52
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400F-$102 299,482 User benchmarks, average bench 85% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 87 1-Core 122 2-Core 233 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 618 66% 525 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 86B0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 148 Parallax 102 84% 118 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 93.3 Splatting 86 81% 102 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB 15,006 User benchmarks, average bench 168% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 207 152 148 157 150 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	164% Outstanding	Read 1,407 Write 902 Mixed 950 SusWrite 196 192% 864 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 58.2 199% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 682 DQ Write 868 DQ Mixed 574 489% 708 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 199%
Kingston SSDNow KC300 120GB-$80 2,344 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 111GB free Firmware: 507KC4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 148 149 149 150 149 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 418 Write 225 Mixed 248 SusWrite 150 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 31.7 125% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 159 136% 199 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 86%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 7,128 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1.5TB free, PID 0900 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 125 125 124 125 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 139 Write 136 Mixed 20 SusWrite 125 136% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 36% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMT16GX4M2Z3200C16 2x8GB 1,555 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.4% Good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 21.7 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 20.7 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 110%

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

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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	6,197x
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	1,122x

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