Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 135% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 137% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 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 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	138% 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	90.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (21%). 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	17.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190606
Uptime	9.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '20 at 19:17
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900KF-$287 50,265 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 85.5 1-Core 158 2-Core 304 99% 182 Pts	4-Core 610 8-Core 1,031 100% 821 Pts	64-Core 1,681 104% 1,681 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Gigabyte(1458 37C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	138% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 201 Parallax 206 152% 198 fps	MRender 231 Gravity 184 Splatting 119 139% 178 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 198 187 167 186 187 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 277 Mixed 237 SusWrite 191 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 34.6 151% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 233 196% 287 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 278GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 140 144 142 140 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 124 Write 126 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 142 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 229% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 32GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.2% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 19.3 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 19.8 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 107%

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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 $249Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,236x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,248x
Core i5-9600KIntel $136Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,169x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,974x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,895x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,615x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,574x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,334x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,139x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,280x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	937x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	935x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $1,065

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16