Asus ROG STRIX Z390-I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	6.91% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	359% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z390-I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '18 at 05:50
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$412 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 150 2-Core 299 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 591 8-Core 1,130 102% 860 Pts	64-Core 1,579 98% 1,579 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 65,338 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6291 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.91% Terrible	Lighting 6.63 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 8.03 5% 8.67 fps	MRender 12 Gravity 7.2 Splatting 15.5 10% 11.6 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.91% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 430GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2155 2157 2197 2192 2206 2205 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	359% Outstanding	Read 2,552 Write 2,201 Mixed 1,322 SusWrite 2,185 463% 2,065 MB/s	4K Read 53.9 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 72.2 242% 84.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1175 DQ Write 1,021 DQ Mixed 1,080 814% 1092 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 359% Great: 393%
Seagate ST2000NM0008-2F3100 2TB 656 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2TB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 195 194 195 196 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 195 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 195 121% 166 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 255% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.1% Good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 18.3 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 20.8 58% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 110%

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

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 138%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z390-I GAMING - $280

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	552x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	524x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	260x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	153x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	125x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	114x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	176x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	126x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	86x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $160Bench 88%, 110,884 samples	93x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	86x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	75x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,228

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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