Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 110% UFO	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	302% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190729
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '19 at 02:11
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 159 2-Core 318 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 637 8-Core 1,198 109% 917 Pts	64-Core 1,774 110% 1,774 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	62% Good	Lighting 78.5 Reflection 82.1 Parallax 73.2 64% 77.9 fps	MRender 79.3 Gravity 72.4 Splatting 64.9 58% 72.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 407GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2186 681 628 632 634 631 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	302% Outstanding	Read 2,430 Write 2,205 Mixed 1,542 SusWrite 899 395% 1,769 MB/s	4K Read 68.7 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 90.6 301% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,384 DQ Write 1,167 DQ Mixed 1,275 955% 1,275 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 302% Great: 340%
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 223GB free Firmware: UF4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 168 144 146 146 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	55% Above average	Read 447 Write 360 Mixed 329 SusWrite 173 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 40.2 4K Mixed 17.3 73% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 82.3 DQ Mixed 40.1 46% 80.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC9D SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 132 150 148 149 148 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 160 Write 148 Mixed 38 SusWrite 146 89% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 76% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 114%
Toshiba MG03ACA400 4TB 722 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2.5TB free Firmware: FL1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 138 151 146 143 151 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 131 Write 132 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 146 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 196% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 96%
Toshiba MG03ACA400 4TB 722 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3TB free Firmware: FL1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 154 152 157 152 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 156 Write 150 Mixed 60.9 SusWrite 154 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$114 144,399 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 40.4 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 30.5 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 44.8 SC Mixed 31.9 95% 33.3 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%

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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	9,171x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,200x
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	1,123x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,269x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	932x
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 $179	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