Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	104% 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	54.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180814
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	May 11 '20 at 10:44
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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-$252 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 152 2-Core 302 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 598 8-Core 1,168 104% 883 Pts	64-Core 1,156 72% 1,156 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 8671) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 118 Parallax 125 104% 124 fps	MRender 176 Gravity 125 Splatting 100 106% 134 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 53 55 49 49 49 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 406 Write 80.3 Mixed 97.8 SusWrite 53.4 34% 159 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 55 4K Mixed 18.5 88% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 79.6 DQ Mixed 48.5 76% 153 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 73%
Samsung 860 QVO 2TB-$200 28,979 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 378GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 336 155 154 149 151 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 285 Mixed 403 SusWrite 205 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 44.8 155% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 349 263% 353 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 122%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 202GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 150 154 154 154 154 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 128 Write 122 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 153 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 230% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 109%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 124GB free Firmware: 03.00C09 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 104 105 105 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 100 Write 100 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 104 70% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 15.9 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18.6 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 104%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 139%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING - $369

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	5,496x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	5,230x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,364x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	1,504x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,316x
RTX 2080Nvidia $407Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	1,128x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,351x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,044x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	802x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	740x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	585x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	524x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,266

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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