Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	117% 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	272% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '21 at 05:00
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700-$260 79,875 User benchmarks, average bench 92% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 76.2 2-Core 193 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 792 70% 591 Pts	64-Core 790 49% 790 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4008) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 218 Parallax 152 124% 174 fps	MRender 186 Gravity 132 Splatting 118 116% 145 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 419GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1570 1030 816 817 821 822 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	272% Outstanding	Read 2,501 Write 2,247 Mixed 1,815 SusWrite 979 422% 1,886 MB/s	4K Read 55.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 70.6 230% 77.1 MB/s	DQ Read 995 DQ Write 832 DQ Mixed 906 681% 911 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 272% Great: 355%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 931GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 486 486 485 487 485 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 478 Mixed 431 SusWrite 486 107% 473 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 40.6 141% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 350 265% 355 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$90 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 931GB free Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 486 486 485 487 485 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 468 Mixed 427 SusWrite 485 106% 469 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 43 146% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 352 265% 354 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 137%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2C3000C15 2x16GB 7,847 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 30.9 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 27.6 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	144	27"	1280 720	ACI27A7 ASUS MG279

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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	9,165x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,190x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,122x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,960x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,602x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,556x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,321x
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
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	930x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	930x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $978

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $183	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