Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 113% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 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 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	161% 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	98.1% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '19 at 23:24
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 130 2-Core 177 77% 130 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 708 60% 517 Pts	64-Core 981 61% 981 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2382) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	161% Outstanding	Lighting 223 Reflection 236 Parallax 229 182% 229 fps	MRender 263 Gravity 213 Splatting 150 164% 209 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba KSG60ZMV512G M.2 2280 512GB 1,807 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 420GB free (System drive) Firmware: ABDA4105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 454 307 367 395 297 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 402 Write 475 Mixed 332 SusWrite 377 90% 397 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 89.9 4K Mixed 37.9 141% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 269 225% 325 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 108%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 422GB free Firmware: SBFKB1C2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 3.6 48 113 156 146 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	29.8% Poor	Read 202 Write 79.6 Mixed 138 SusWrite 96.9 29% 129 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 30.5 4K Mixed 0.1 48% 17.1 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 37.8 DQ Mixed 54.1 45% 66.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 102%
Hitachi HTS 541010A9E680 1TB 1,386 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 43GB free Firmware: 3202 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8 7.4 10 5.8 10 8.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	11% Very poor	Read 30 Write 5 Mixed 16 SusWrite 8.3 11% 14.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.3 56% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 CMR16GX4M2A2666C16 CMR16GX4M2A2666C16 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	67.8% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 21.1 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 17.8 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 85%

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

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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	9,147x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,184x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,119x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,957x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,881x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,601x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,555x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,321x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,121x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,267x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	929x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	928x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $985

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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