Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 109%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive370% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z390-A  (all builds)
Memory25 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190129
Uptime8.2 Days
Run DateMay 15 '19 at 16:13
Run Duration228 Seconds
Run User PRT-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing above expectations (68th 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 4.85 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Memory 96.2
1-Core 159
2-Core 313
104% 189 Pts
4-Core 636
8-Core 1,212
110% 924 Pts
64-Core 1,240
77% 1,240 Pts
Poor: 82%
This bench: 108%
Great: 105%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.67
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
61.4% Good
Lighting 76.9
Reflection 79.8
Parallax 75.2
63% 77.3 fps
MRender 71.7
Gravity 72.8
Splatting 71.9
59% 72.1 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 61.4%
Great: 60%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170
381GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1986 1969 2093 2094 2099 2074 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
370% Outstanding
Read 2,667
Write 2,202
Mixed 1,315
SusWrite 2,052
461% 2,059 MB/s
4K Read 56.7
4K Write 135
4K Mixed 67.9
245% 86.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,379
DQ Write 1,473
DQ Mixed 1,547
1,130% 1,466 MB/s
Poor: 195%
This bench: 370%
Great: 393%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
703GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 490 489 490 490 489 490 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
132% Outstanding
Read 505
Write 488
Mixed 410
SusWrite 489
107% 473 MB/s
4K Read 45.3
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 63.1
211% 74.7 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 335
DQ Mixed 352
265% 355 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 132%
Great: 134%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24
56GB free
Firmware: 15.01H15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 100 102 103 103 102 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
53.5% Above average
Read 85.5
Write 87.5
Mixed 60.5
SusWrite 101
62% 83.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 24%
This bench: 53.5%
Great: 69%
Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016)-$114
1TB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 100 100 98 99 99 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
56.2% Above average
Read 97.5
Write 96.5
Mixed 64.8
SusWrite 98.5
66% 89.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 56.2%
Great: 104%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50
898GB free
Firmware: MX4OABB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 113 114 111 113 114 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
79.6% Very good
Read 165
Write 160
Mixed 20.7
SusWrite 112
82% 115 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.7
168% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 79.6%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX 3000 C15 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
101% Outstanding
MC Read 37.9
MC Write 38.5
MC Mixed 30.5
102% 35.6 GB/s
SC Read 21.8
SC Write 41
SC Mixed 29.7
88% 30.8 GB/s
Latency 53.1
75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 101%
Great: 109%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z390-A Builds (Compare 26,254 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: $978
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HDDRAMUSB
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