Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.8% 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	102% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '19 at 10:18
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 154 2-Core 309 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 960 89% 745 Pts	64-Core 1253 78% 1253 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 115 Parallax 96 87% 106 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 99.6 Splatting 97.9 80% 98.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 306 300 307 306 301 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 304 Mixed 278 SusWrite 304 77% 347 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 39.3 157% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 220 198% 301 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 128%
Intel Optane+932GBHDD 1TB 6,924 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 727GB free Firmware: 17.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 263 265 271 188 189 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 31% Great: 88%
Hitachi HTS541612J9SA00 120GB-$40 2,383 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 108GB free Firmware: 0105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 33 35 35 36 36 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	20.3% Poor	Read 36 Write 26.7 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 34.6 22% 29.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 89% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 25%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 144GB free Firmware: 0105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 33 35 35 36 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	Read 77.2 Write 72.5 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 34.6 45% 60.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 68%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 2TB 924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 16 16 16 16 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 121 Write 15.3 Mixed 26.7 SusWrite 16.1 33% 44.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 135%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 27.1 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 29.4 83% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 50.4 79% 50.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 107%

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Gaming 150%

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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