Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	110% 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	217% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180814
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '18 at 21:14
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8500-$171 43,089 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 91.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 714 77% 609 Pts	64-Core 745 46% 745 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2173) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 132 Parallax 134 114% 135 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 132 Splatting 106 110% 139 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 717 604 616 619 616 616 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,577 Write 1,489 Mixed 724 SusWrite 631 247% 1,106 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 54.4 209% 78.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,042 DQ Write 1,290 DQ Mixed 988 795% 1,107 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 254%
Intel MEMPEK1W016GA 14GB 866 User benchmarks, average bench 207% 13GB free Firmware: K3110310 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 143 143 143 143 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 841 Write 138 Mixed 227 SusWrite 141 73% 337 MB/s	4K Read 225 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 108 520% 137 MB/s	DQ Read 874 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 246 248% 422 MB/s
Poor: 161% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 245%
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 56GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 89 89 89 89 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 385 Write 89.3 Mixed 140 SusWrite 88.9 38% 176 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 38.3 149% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 89.2 DQ Mixed 99.4 74% 98.9 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 137 135 137 135 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 135 Write 133 Mixed 59 SusWrite 136 84% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 69%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 100 101 101 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 104 Write 96.3 Mixed 77 SusWrite 100 70% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C16-8GTZR F4-3200C16-8GTZR F4-3200C16-8GTZRX F4-3200C16-8GTZRX 32GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.9% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 24.3 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 21.8 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 112%

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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	9,169x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,198x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,127x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,961x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,603x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,558x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,323x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,123x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,269x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	932x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	930x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $973

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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