Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.6% 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	23.9% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200921
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '23 at 19:02
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 255 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 816 78% 642 Pts	64-Core 995 62% 995 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.67 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.6% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 135 Parallax 130 97% 128 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 131 Splatting 116 96% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 34 34 21 31 7.5 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	23.9% Poor	Read 57.7 Write 113 Mixed 16.7 SusWrite 27.1 12% 53.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 22.7 4K Mixed 25.8 46% 16.4 MB/s	DQ Read 83.8 DQ Write 80.5 DQ Mixed 15.9 30% 60.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 100%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$100 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 471GB free Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 461 454 459 464 470 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 442 Mixed 449 SusWrite 461 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 91.7 4K Mixed 56.6 183% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 356 267% 356 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 137%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 135 136 137 136 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 155 Write 173 Mixed 45.7 SusWrite 136 92% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 132% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G32C16U4B.M8FE1 Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 BL8G32C16U4B.M8FE1 Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 32GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3001, 3001, 3001, 3001 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	88.3% Excellent	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 25.4 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 39.9 SC Mixed 27.5 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 88%

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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: 0P 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	71	59	120	24"	1280 720	VSCBB31 XG2401 SERIES

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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 $295Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,178x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,205x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,130x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,963x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $600Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,604x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $67Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,558x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,325x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,125x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,270x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	933x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	931x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $993

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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