Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics77.5% 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 Drive56.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z390-A  (all builds)
Memory26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200604
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateMay 08 '21 at 22:12
Run Duration141 Seconds
Run User LBN-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing as expected (43rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8700-$200
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
87% Excellent
Memory 85.6
1-Core 99.3
2-Core 264
81% 150 Pts
4-Core 474
8-Core 796
77% 635 Pts
64-Core 1,018
63% 1,018 Pts
Poor: 75%
This bench: 87%
Great: 94%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
77.5% Very good
Lighting 95.4
Reflection 107
Parallax 97.6
78% 100 fps
MRender 91.1
Gravity 94.6
Splatting 95.7
77% 93.8 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 77.5%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata SU650 480GB-$89
218GB free (System drive)
Firmware: B180517a
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 98 98 49 2.2 8.4 MB/s
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
56.4% Above average
Read 436
Write 92.3
Mixed 146
SusWrite 58.2
40% 183 MB/s
4K Read 24.1
4K Write 28.9
4K Mixed 28.8
89% 27.3 MB/s
DQ Read 248
DQ Write 85.5
DQ Mixed 138
109% 157 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 56.4%
Great: 99%
HP EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$71
164GB free
Firmware: 42A0S63C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 495 500 447 447 443 443 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
161% Outstanding
Read 1,888
Write 649
Mixed 130
SusWrite 462
170% 782 MB/s
4K Read 27.5
4K Write 43.5
4K Mixed 34.3
109% 35.1 MB/s
DQ Read 309
DQ Write 721
DQ Mixed 430
352% 487 MB/s
Poor: 155%
This bench: 161%
Great: 339%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 207 201 209 220 206 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
104% Outstanding
Read 155
Write 175
Mixed 77.9
SusWrite 207
112% 154 MB/s
4K Read 2.5
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.7
195% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 104%
Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMK32GX4M2A2400C16 32GB
2400, 2400 MHz
16384, 16384 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
72.7% Very good
MC Read 27.5
MC Write 26.9
MC Mixed 22.3
73% 25.6 GB/s
SC Read 16
SC Write 30.1
SC Mixed 22.6
65% 22.9 GB/s
Latency 71.5
56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 73%
This bench: 72.7%
Great: 73%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z390-A Builds (Compare 26,213 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: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $963
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