Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 36%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	84.7% 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	150% 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '21 at 14:00
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$145 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Relative performance (0^th percentile)	36% Below average	Memory 54.3 1-Core 25.7 2-Core 51 30% 43.7 Pts	4-Core 102 8-Core 120 14% 111 Pts	64-Core 143 9% 143 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C753) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3570 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	84.7% Excellent	Lighting 89.8 Reflection 113 Parallax 132 73% 112 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 116 Splatting 106 107% 135 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 106%

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% 264GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 833 749 759 774 783 780 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 1,574 Write 1,147 Mixed 1,138 SusWrite 780 259% 1,160 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 32.2 4K Mixed 29 99% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 203 151% 202 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 355%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 164 164 171 172 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 164 Mixed 102 SusWrite 168 110% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 101%
Flash USB Disk 8GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 7GB free, PID 2222 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.3 8 8.6 7.5 8.1 8.7 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	5.28% Terrible	Read 21.6 Write 4.2 Mixed 5.7 SusWrite 7.9 11% 9.85 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 7% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.28% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	42% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 18.5 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 5.4 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 7.7 21% 7.43 GB/s	Latency 145 28% 145 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 107%

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

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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 $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,193x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,215x
Core i5-9600KIntel $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,143x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,965x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,885x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,609x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,562x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,329x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,129x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,275x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	933x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	932x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $992

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16