Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.82% 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	276% 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180814
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '18 at 15:38
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 87.4 1-Core 136 2-Core 273 91% 165 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 835 84% 682 Pts	64-Core 1,031 64% 1,031 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6291 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	6.82% Terrible	Lighting 6.6 Reflection 11.1 Parallax 8.09 5% 8.59 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 7.03 Splatting 15.7 10% 11.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.82% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 416GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1869 877 607 564 609 571 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 2,282 Write 2,285 Mixed 1,494 SusWrite 849 387% 1,728 MB/s	4K Read 58.9 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 73.1 253% 88.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,270 DQ Write 1,191 DQ Mixed 1,291 952% 1,251 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 340%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 146GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 945 659 660 659 660 659 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	285% Outstanding	Read 2,426 Write 2,180 Mixed 1,536 SusWrite 707 382% 1,712 MB/s	4K Read 58.5 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 78.8 262% 91.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,506 DQ Write 1,330 DQ Mixed 1,384 1,047% 1,407 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 285% Great: 340%
Seagate ST4000DM006-2G5107 4TB 7,216 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 3.5TB free Firmware: DN04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 215 212 170 211 203 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 216 Write 206 Mixed 101 SusWrite 198 132% 180 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.1 263% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 17.1 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 20.7 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 114%

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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