Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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	250% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190729
Uptime	15.3 Days
Run Date	May 14 '21 at 21:24
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$252 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 82.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 244 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 814 79% 647 Pts	64-Core 734 45% 734 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Asus(1043 8708) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	112% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 142 Parallax 143 118% 143 fps	MRender 173 Gravity 125 Splatting 112 109% 137 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 205GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 783 701 698 695 692 694 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 2,272 Write 2,022 Mixed 1,588 SusWrite 710 368% 1,648 MB/s	4K Read 54.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 70.2 229% 77.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,292 DQ Write 714 DQ Mixed 978 734% 995 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 355%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 146GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 341 319 319 310 307 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 411 Mixed 431 SusWrite 325 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 80.8 4K Mixed 48.4 154% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 354 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 225GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 430 455 450 450 432 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 441 Mixed 428 SusWrite 439 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 82 4K Mixed 47.3 157% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 353 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 133%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 163 164 163 162 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 156 Mixed 101 SusWrite 163 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 11,284 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	63.1% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.4 64% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 19.6 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 76 53% 76 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 118%

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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	6,195x
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	1,323x
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: $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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16