Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82% 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	88.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211102
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '22 at 23:57
Run Duration	269 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^th 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-$284 50,265 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 88.3 1-Core 144 2-Core 284 94% 172 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 1,004 92% 770 Pts	64-Core 1,471 91% 1,471 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 109 Parallax 99.6 84% 104 fps	MRender 89.6 Gravity 99.7 Splatting 96.7 78% 95.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 647GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 247 259 316 267 309 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 467 Write 405 Mixed 336 SusWrite 276 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 62.3 4K Mixed 35.6 121% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 354 264% 352 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 PRO 1TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 201GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 274 277 332 308 313 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 452 Mixed 376 SusWrite 296 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 63 4K Mixed 38.8 127% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 350 264% 353 MB/s
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 120%
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 86GB free Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 137 139 150 149 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 315 Write 154 Mixed 169 SusWrite 142 43% 195 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 43.3 4K Mixed 26.3 92% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 87.7 DQ Mixed 95.9 72% 96.9 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 106%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$215 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 824GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 113 116 113 113 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 83.2 Write 92.1 Mixed 68 SusWrite 112 66% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 198% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 98%
Hitachi HDS724040ALE640 4TB-$465 6,270 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 355GB free Firmware: MJAOA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 123 124 123 122 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 106 Write 109 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 122 68% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 91%
Hitachi HDS724040ALE640 4TB-$465 6,270 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 752GB free Firmware: MJAOA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 110 109 110 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 98.8 Write 98.3 Mixed 31.5 SusWrite 108 61% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 154% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 91%
Hitachi HDS724040ALE640 4TB-$465 6,270 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: MJAOA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 140 142 140 142 142 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 146 Write 139 Mixed 23.1 SusWrite 139 80% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 171% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 91%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 122GB free Firmware: JKAOA28A SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 99 101 98 100 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 74.8 Write 82.4 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 99.7 55% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 154% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 69%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 71GB free Firmware: JKAOA28A SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 30 32 25 34 33 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 35% Great: 69%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$55 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 326GB free Firmware: AX0R2J SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 41 40 41 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	Read 77 Write 82.8 Mixed 31.1 SusWrite 39.9 42% 57.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 99% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 62%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 115GB free Firmware: 3.AAD SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 41 40 41 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 71.7 Write 33.6 Mixed 46 SusWrite 39.9 36% 47.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 43%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 43GB free Firmware: 3.AAD SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 41 40 41 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	29.8% Poor	Read 63.7 Write 27.3 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 39.9 31% 41.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GB 92,358 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	69.6% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 21.2 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 22.5 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 114%

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

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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	9,227x
Core i9-9900KIntel $399Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,245x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,165x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,972x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,894x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,615x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,573x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,333x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,139x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,279x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	937x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	934x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,066

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16