Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.8% 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	268% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180814
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '21 at 12:03
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 89.9 1-Core 136 2-Core 260 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 841 82% 673 Pts	64-Core 1,044 65% 1,044 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Asus(1043 0577) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.8% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 132 Parallax 172 98% 141 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 123 Splatting 88.5 85% 106 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 403GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1345 998 1006 1009 1010 1007 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	268% Outstanding	Read 1,980 Write 2,162 Mixed 1,732 SusWrite 1,063 390% 1,734 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 65 225% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,337 DQ Write 1,104 DQ Mixed 1,176 893% 1,206 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 268% Great: 297%
Sandisk S3256G 256GB 1,070 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 238GB free Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 215 208 206 207 208 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 420 Mixed 332 SusWrite 250 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 45.8 155% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 237 196% 283 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 105%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 415GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 481 481 480 482 482 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 479 Mixed 414 SusWrite 477 106% 469 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 45.6 158% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 348 262% 351 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 121%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 892GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 127 130 129 129 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 87.3 Write 115 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 127 72% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.7 203% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 4133 C19 Series 2x8GB 2,074 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.9% Good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 19.9 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 151%

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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	9,170x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,199x
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	1,604x

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