Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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	68.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	47.3% 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 (14%). 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	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190129
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '19 at 14:49
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8086K-$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 (97^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 144 2-Core 312 100% 184 Pts	4-Core 584 8-Core 882 91% 733 Pts	64-Core 1,162 72% 1,162 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 103% 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: 388.13 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.3% Good	Lighting 77.8 Reflection 99.2 Parallax 81.8 63% 86.3 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 94.6 Splatting 96.8 78% 94.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 314 343 287 266 268 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	47.3% Average	Read 341 Write 207 Mixed 298 SusWrite 300 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 12.1 4K Write 13.2 4K Mixed 12 41% 12.4 MB/s	DQ Read 66.6 DQ Write 55.3 DQ Mixed 66.5 48% 62.8 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 128%
Intel Optane+932GBHDD 1TB 6,924 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 725GB free Firmware: 17.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 124 129 115 156 152 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	41.6% Average	Read 433 Write 171 Mixed 249 SusWrite 135 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 11.6 4K Mixed 12.1 44% 12.7 MB/s	DQ Read 65.6 DQ Write 53.1 DQ Mixed 63.2 46% 60.6 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 217GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 87 88 88 87 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	49% Average	Read 83.5 Write 81 Mixed 54 SusWrite 87 56% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 68%
Hitachi HTS541612J9SA00 120GB-$40 2,383 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 107GB free Firmware: 0105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 34 37 37 37 36 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	20.8% Poor	Read 36.5 Write 24.2 Mixed 16 SusWrite 35.9 21% 28.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.4 74% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 25%

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 (65^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 26.7 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 32.8 SC Mixed 28.4 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 107%

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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	5,494x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	5,228x
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 $394Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	1,128x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,350x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,043x
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	523x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,271

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