Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 132% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 138% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	127% 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	273% 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.

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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200921
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '21 at 22:04
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900KF-$295 50,265 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 91.5 1-Core 162 2-Core 320 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 621 8-Core 1,232 109% 927 Pts	64-Core 1,692 105% 1,692 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 191 Parallax 182 142% 183 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 176 Splatting 129 118% 146 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 260GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 746 634 624 623 625 609 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	273% Outstanding	Read 2468 Write 2,318 Mixed 1,259 SusWrite 644 373% 1,672 MB/s	4K Read 64.7 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 83.6 280% 96.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,166 DQ Write 990 DQ Mixed 1,067 802% 1,074 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 273% Great: 340%
SK hynix SC311 SATA 128GB 20,313 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 69GB free Firmware: 70000P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 122 78 106 123 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 469 Write 259 Mixed 308 SusWrite 123 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 40.9 145% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 227 172% 229 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 82%
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 8TB 824 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 7.5TB free Firmware: SN05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 221 218 219 222 224 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 225 Write 209 Mixed 97.3 SusWrite 221 137% 188 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 7 4K Mixed 0.5 260% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1G43DB0-CPB 4x8GB 1,560 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	79.9% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 23.6 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 34.5 SC Mixed 25.6 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 111%

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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 $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) $30	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