Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	68.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200921
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '21 at 00:09
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^th 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-$265 550,833 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 (13^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 115 2-Core 225 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 732 73% 594 Pts	64-Core 881 54% 881 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% XFX(1682 9587) CLim: 1637 MHz, MLim: 2250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Lighting 90.3 Reflection 73.4 Parallax 113 74% 92.1 fps	MRender 76.1 Gravity 91 Splatting 56 59% 74.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme 256G 256GB 202 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: T0707A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 104 189 191 72 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 29 Write 475 Mixed 416 SusWrite 137 61% 264 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 24.6 158% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 446 DQ Write 18.1 DQ Mixed 324 212% 263 MB/s
Poor: 124% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 254%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 128GB free Firmware: Z32070RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 112 115 115 103 117 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 368 Write 261 Mixed 24.5 SusWrite 113 42% 191 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 64.8 4K Mixed 15.7 82% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 10.8 47% 102 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 86%
Sandisk Timeshift 16GB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 11GB free, PID 55a0 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 21 21 21 21 20 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	8.19% Terrible	Read 16 Write 16.8 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 19.8 19% 14.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 24% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.19% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3600C18-8GVK F4-3600C18-8GTZN F4-3600C18-8GVK F4-3600C18-8GTZN 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 3600, 3600, 3600, 3600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 43.4 MC Mixed 33.7 111% 38.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 25.2 75% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 116%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	12	10	100	23.5"	1280 720	AOC2401 24G1WG4

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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 $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,203x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,219x
Core i5-9600KIntel $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,146x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,965x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,887x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,610x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,563x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,331x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,132x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,277x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	933x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	933x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,092

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16