Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (9th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 91 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	70.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	242% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	17.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200221
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '21 at 04:46
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$410 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	60.7% Good	Memory 68.1 1-Core 70.4 2-Core 141 55% 93.3 Pts	4-Core 287 8-Core 535 49% 411 Pts	64-Core 685 42% 685 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 86D2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.2% Very good	Lighting 98.1 Reflection 101 Parallax 52.5 80% 84 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 63.1 Splatting 55.4 51% 63.8 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 818GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1288 1254 1383 1355 1597 1710 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 1,840 Write 1,748 Mixed 1,608 SusWrite 1,431 373% 1,657 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 51.4 175% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 713 DQ Write 467 DQ Mixed 597 444% 592 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 347%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 503GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 296 319 314 373 405 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Read 429 Write 405 Mixed 401 SusWrite 336 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 67.3 4K Mixed 42.6 138% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 346 261% 351 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 133%
SABRENT 1TB 2,168 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 535GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	21.8% Poor	Read 36.2 Write 38.6 Mixed 29 SusWrite 38.7 26% 35.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.8 201% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GB 54,117 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 19.7 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 4.8 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 6.9 26% 9.1 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 112%

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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	9,167x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,194x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,126x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,960x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,603x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,557x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,322x
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: $978

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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16