Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 98.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87% 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	116% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180920
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '19 at 16:41
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 148 2-Core 271 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 871 88% 713 Pts	64-Core 1,209 75% 1,209 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 112 Parallax 96.8 90% 106 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 101 81% 98.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 291 288 287 282 276 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 473 Mixed 463 SusWrite 288 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 57.9 200% 70.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 355 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 128%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 499GB 960 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 123GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 466 477 432 327 324 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 446 Mixed 454 SusWrite 415 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 54.4 186% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 353 266% 357 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 129%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 836GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 45 46 46 47 47 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	26.6% Poor	Read 46 Write 42 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 46.2 31% 42.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 128% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 51%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 768GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 163 160 163 159 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 154 Mixed 29 SusWrite 162 93% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.9% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 20 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 23.1 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 110%

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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 - $365

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	5,520x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	5,258x
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,368x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	1,509x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,322x
RTX 2080Nvidia $407Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	1,133x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,357x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,048x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	806x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	745x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	587x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	525x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,281

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16