Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	69.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	221% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	59.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200921
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '21 at 17:57
Run Duration	268 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$405 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 90.4 1-Core 159 2-Core 316 102% 189 Pts	4-Core 619 8-Core 1,252 110% 935 Pts	64-Core 1,661 103% 1,661 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$200 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 8D91) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.4% Good	Lighting 90.4 Reflection 92.7 Parallax 87.9 74% 90.3 fps	MRender 65.6 Gravity 82.2 Splatting 74.7 61% 74.2 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 852GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1538 832 832 831 832 831 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 1,558 Write 1518 Mixed 1,186 SusWrite 949 292% 1,303 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 66.6 227% 82.9 MB/s	DQ Read 785 DQ Write 564 DQ Mixed 712 522% 687 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 276%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 853GB free Firmware: 415020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 396 395 394 387 380 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 449 Mixed 279 SusWrite 392 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 41.6 157% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 263 221% 321 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 117%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 930GB free Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1564 823 825 826 827 825 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 1,550 Write 1,722 Mixed 1,325 SusWrite 948 312% 1,387 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 67.3 234% 85.8 MB/s	DQ Read 829 DQ Write 579 DQ Mixed 745 545% 718 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 276%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 929GB free Firmware: 415020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 374 357 362 355 358 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 415 Mixed 364 SusWrite 368 91% 403 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 47.7 167% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 256 218% 320 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 117%
HGST Travelstar 7K750 2.5" 750GB-$77 8,773 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 685GB free Firmware: JF4OA0E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 110 109 115 117 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 113 Write 116 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 113 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 68%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$30 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 869GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 99 102 103 102 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 98 Write 97.7 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 102 64% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMH32GX4M2Z3200C16 4x16GB 292 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	85.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 25.8 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 39.1 SC Mixed 27.6 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 138%

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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	10	8	60	27"	1280 720	SAM1053 S27R35x

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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 $260Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,220x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,239x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,161x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,971x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,894x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,614x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,572x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,333x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,137x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,278x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	936x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	934x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,086

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16