Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.2% 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	92.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	51.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20211102
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '22 at 19:39
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$410 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 80 1-Core 143 2-Core 276 90% 166 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 976 93% 769 Pts	64-Core 1,523 94% 1,523 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.2% Excellent	Lighting 98.4 Reflection 110 Parallax 102 80% 103 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 99.4 80% 97.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB 1,177 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 802GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 215 204 191 226 237 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 248 Mixed 298 SusWrite 212 69% 312 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 43.2 150% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 466 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 138 143% 243 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 382%
WDC WDS200T2B0B 2TB 2,157 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 342GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 387 391 404 403 423 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 424 Write 139 Mixed 165 SusWrite 392 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 48.4 4K Mixed 30.8 95% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 272 223% 318 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 119%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB 1,177 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 589GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 394 397 412 409 311 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 748 Write 462 Mixed 563 SusWrite 380 120% 538 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 48.3 158% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 682 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 458 353% 490 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 382%
Intel 540s Series 480GB 4,519 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 245GB free Firmware: LSF031C SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 235 244 187 118 118 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 370 Write 330 Mixed 318 SusWrite 186 68% 301 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 71.9 4K Mixed 35.6 122% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 204 156% 210 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 95%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 112GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 135 125 137 136 133 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 342 Write 151 Mixed 202 SusWrite 134 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 58.7 4K Mixed 28 106% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 159 122% 167 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 4x16GB 2,431 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	69% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 22.1 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 122%

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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	9,173x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,201x
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 $95Bench 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	1,124x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,269x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	933x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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