Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.8% 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	181% 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200221
Uptime	28.2 Days
Run Date	May 08 '21 at 06:59
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$252 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 229 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 742 73% 599 Pts	64-Core 837 52% 837 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 86D2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 106 Parallax 107 89% 107 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 93.1 85% 105 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team TM8FPD002T 2TB 538 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: EDFM00.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 897 587 378 383 367 361 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 1,114 Write 1191 Mixed 1,024 SusWrite 496 215% 956 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 54.6 194% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,204 DQ Write 896 DQ Mixed 1,070 794% 1,057 MB/s
Poor: 151% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 313%
WD Gold 2TB (2016)-$97 5,580 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: RR04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 180 179 180 181 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 146 Write 224 Mixed 105 SusWrite 181 120% 164 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 376% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G32C16U4BL.M8FE 2x8GB 3,331 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 27.1 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 35.2 SC Mixed 24.6 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 95.9% 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	9,168x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,195x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,127x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,960x
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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,557x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,323x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,122x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,269x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	931x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	930x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $978

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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