Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 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 99.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.81% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	165% 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.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	21.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '21 at 16:24
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	65%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$252 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Memory 89.8 1-Core 147 2-Core 295 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 583 8-Core 945 94% 764 Pts	64-Core 986 61% 986 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 36FC) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	8.81% Terrible	Lighting 11 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 6.9 9% 9.7 fps	MRender 9.4 Gravity 12.3 Splatting 9.7 8% 10.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 8.81% Great: 88%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBA3V0010BNC-WRSN 1TB 5,585 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 248GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211210WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1145 783 553 334 314 316 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 1,497 Write 1,435 Mixed 1,258 SusWrite 574 267% 1,191 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 39.7 4K Mixed 39.2 133% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,155 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 366 343% 562 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 274%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 46,140 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.6% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 21.8 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 17.4 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 119%

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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	9,165x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,190x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,122x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,960x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,884x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,602x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,556x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,321x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,122x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,269x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	930x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	930x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $978

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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