Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 110% UFO	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 110%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	85.4% 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 Drive	316% 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

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '21 at 23:51
Run Duration	268 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th 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-$249 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 5.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 161 2-Core 332 106% 196 Pts	4-Core 663 8-Core 1,273 115% 968 Pts	64-Core 1,272 79% 1,272 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 124 Parallax 109 87% 113 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 105 Splatting 96 83% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SHGP31-500GM-2 500GB 2,984 User benchmarks, average bench 300% 237GB free (System drive) Firmware: 41060C20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 955 821 820 851 980 835 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	316% Outstanding	Read 2625 Write 2,339 Mixed 1,738 SusWrite 877 423% 1,895 MB/s	4K Read 64.1 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 89.5 296% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,622 DQ Write 1,330 DQ Mixed 1,451 1,093% 1,468 MB/s
Poor: 208% ↑ This bench: 316% Great: 370%
SHGS31-500GS-2 500GB 9,480 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 156GB free Firmware: 90000Q00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 426 288 289 288 288 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 442 Mixed 424 SusWrite 343 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 39.9 152% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 350 263% 352 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%
T-force 1TB 1TB 7,956 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 837GB free Firmware: S1230A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 449 446 444 444 442 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 449 Mixed 414 SusWrite 447 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 30.9 138% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 47.7 95% 186 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 22GB free Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 864 Write 551 Mixed 572 146% 663 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 50.1 186% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 554 DQ Mixed 319 270% 385 MB/s
Poor: 79% Great: 157%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 715GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 123 123 123 123 123 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 89.4 Write 76 Mixed 67 SusWrite 122 65% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 109%
WD My Passport 07A8 1TB 5,659 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 931GB free, PID 07a8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 108 109 108 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 104 Write 106 Mixed 60.4 SusWrite 108 128% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 108% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3600 2x16GB 6,762 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 41.9 MC Write 44.7 MC Mixed 28.6 110% 38.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 47.2 SC Mixed 30.5 94% 32.8 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 127%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	75	31.5"	1280 720	GSM5B96 LG HDR QHD

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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 $249Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,143x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,183x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,117x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,956x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,879x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,598x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,555x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,321x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,120x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,267x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	928x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	928x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $963

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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) $35	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