Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.6% 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	160% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	23 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20200921
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '22 at 05:40
Run Duration	334 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 (2^nd percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 83.6 1-Core 108 2-Core 210 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 746 70% 583 Pts	64-Core 1,176 73% 1,176 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.40 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 123 Parallax 108 87% 112 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 103 Splatting 90.8 80% 99.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 87%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SWORDFISH 1TB 4,468 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: VC0S0260 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 244 250 263 209 190 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	160% Outstanding	Read 1,600 Write 276 Mixed 549 SusWrite 219 143% 661 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 58.8 199% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 651 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 499 361% 476 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 277%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown GKE800UD51208-2400AH 4x8GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 23 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 21.6 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $295Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,178x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,205x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,130x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,963x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $600Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,604x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,558x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,325x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,125x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,270x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	933x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	931x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,021

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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