Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	126% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181019
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '18 at 22:49
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$405 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 159 2-Core 319 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 636 8-Core 1,226 111% 931 Pts	64-Core 1,760 109% 1,760 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2902 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 171 Reflection 182 Parallax 191 139% 181 fps	Gravity 168 Splatting 119 124% 144 fps
Poor: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 421GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 478 487 491 491 490 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 488 Mixed 404 SusWrite 486 106% 472 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 57.5 191% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 355 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$255 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1TB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 485 487 489 490 490 490 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 491 Mixed 479 SusWrite 488 111% 494 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 57.2 190% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 355 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 140 140 141 142 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 153 Write 151 Mixed 96 SusWrite 141 100% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 214% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 112%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 172 174 168 174 175 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 164 Mixed 97.3 SusWrite 173 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.9 195% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 713GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 168 168 168 169 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 160 Mixed 136 SusWrite 168 117% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 246% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GX-D4-3000-MR 4x8GB 185 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 29.4 98% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 41.1 SC Mixed 29.9 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 124%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 139%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING - $365

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $260Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	5,539x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	5,276x
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,371x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	1,513x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,326x
RTX 2080Nvidia $389Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	1,133x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,363x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,052x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	807x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	747x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	589x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	527x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,275

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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