Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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.
ProcessorWith 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics87.5% 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 Drive159% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z390-A  (all builds)
Memory23.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190606
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateOct 01 '19 at 09:14
Run Duration141 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 65%

 PC Performing way below expectations (20th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-9900K-$412
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
89.9% Excellent
Memory 94.9
1-Core 124
2-Core 246
88% 155 Pts
4-Core 457
8-Core 780
75% 618 Pts
64-Core 1,134
70% 1,134 Pts
Poor: 89%
This bench: 89.9%
Great: 104%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.30
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
87.5% Excellent
Lighting 111
Reflection 146
Parallax 114
90% 124 fps
MRender 63.9
Gravity 125
Splatting 107
82% 98.6 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 87.5%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$130
1TB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM12.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 884 757 703 731 761 800 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
159% Outstanding
Read 1,234
Write 1,391
Mixed 1067
SusWrite 772
251% 1,116 MB/s
4K Read 18.4
4K Write 44.7
4K Mixed 26.5
86% 29.9 MB/s
DQ Read 918
DQ Write 719
DQ Mixed 529
475% 722 MB/s
Poor: 148%
This bench: 159%
Great: 322%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51
850GB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 133 133 124 133 131 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
74.1% Very good
Read 128
Write 146
Mixed 70.7
SusWrite 131
87% 119 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 74.1%
Great: 114%
WD My Passport 25E1 2TB
2TB free, PID 25e1
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 36 35 36 38 38 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
18.2% Very poor
Read 34
Write 34.7
Mixed 28.2
SusWrite 36.3
46% 33.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
83% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 18.2%
Great: 61%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMW32GX4M4C3200C16 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
94.5% Outstanding
MC Read 35.5
MC Write 36.4
MC Mixed 30
97% 34 GB/s
SC Read 19.2
SC Write 37.6
SC Mixed 23.4
76% 26.7 GB/s
Latency 57.2
70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 94.5%
Great: 120%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z390-A Builds (Compare 26,220 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 144%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 132%
UFO

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-A - $175

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $985
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HDDRAMUSB
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