Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% 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	36.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190606
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '21 at 17:15
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400F-$102 299,482 User benchmarks, average bench 85% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 230 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 472 58% 443 Pts	64-Core 521 32% 521 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2173) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 114 Parallax 141 106% 128 fps	MRender 171 Gravity 83 Splatting 106 96% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 480GB (2018)-$69 25,452 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: UG400400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 89 101 45 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 372 Write 321 Mixed 173 SusWrite 78.1 52% 236 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 25.5 4K Mixed 9.9 43% 15.6 MB/s	DQ Read 64.2 DQ Write 97.9 DQ Mixed 34.8 39% 65.6 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$63 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	60.2% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.8 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 16 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $249Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,145x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 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	1,880x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,599x

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 $129Bench 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: $982

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) $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