Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 119%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 110%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics127% 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 Drive289% 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.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z390-A  (all builds)
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180920
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 19 '19 at 00:15
Run Duration109 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 25%
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 PC Performing as expected (52nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-9700K-$252
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
91.4% Outstanding
Memory 95.9
1-Core 117
2-Core 196
81% 136 Pts
4-Core 467
8-Core 886
81% 677 Pts
64-Core 902
56% 902 Pts
Poor: 82%
This bench: 91.4%
Great: 105%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.70
Performing below potential (71st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
127% Outstanding
Lighting 174
Reflection 164
Parallax 160
142% 166 fps
MRender 185
Gravity 154
Splatting 111
119% 150 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 127%
Great: 134%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158
840GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1178 1197 1219 1215 1217 1226 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
289% Outstanding
Read 2,481
Write 2,160
Mixed 1091
SusWrite 1,209
387% 1,735 MB/s
4K Read 56.7
4K Write 151
4K Mixed 75.1
262% 94.3 MB/s
DQ Read 529
DQ Write 1,037
DQ Mixed 969
684% 845 MB/s
Poor: 214%
This bench: 289%
Great: 372%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$63
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
97.9% Outstanding
MC Read 38.9
MC Write 37.7
MC Mixed 28.5
100% 35 GB/s
SC Read 19.7
SC Write 36.6
SC Mixed 28.3
81% 28.2 GB/s
Latency 54.3
74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 97.9%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z390-A Builds (Compare 26,200 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 144%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 132%
UFO

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-A - $175

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $966
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