Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	73.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	293% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180920
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '19 at 17:43
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 91.6 1-Core 139 2-Core 267 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 814 84% 676 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1267) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.9% Very good	Lighting 91.4 Reflection 79.2 Parallax 65.1 74% 78.6 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 88.9 Splatting 77.1 73% 90.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 368GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1168 1500 807 813 811 818 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	293% Outstanding	Read 2556 Write 2,348 Mixed 1,734 SusWrite 986 426% 1,906 MB/s	4K Read 63.1 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 82.4 275% 95.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,042 DQ Write 996 DQ Mixed 1,019 765% 1,019 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 293% Great: 355%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 295GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 75 76 75 75 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 94.8 Write 78 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 75.4 59% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 164% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 189 189 188 188 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 148 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 188 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%
Patriot Supersonic Boost XT USB 3.0 32GB 192 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 25GB free, PID 5100 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.6 12 7.3 8.1 7.3 6.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	8.98% Terrible	Read 39.5 Write 18.8 Mixed 6.5 SusWrite 8.3 20% 18.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 8.98% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 1x8GB 1,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.2% Below average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 11 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 10.4 SC Mixed 11.2 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 55%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 139%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING - $193

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $249Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	5,475x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	5,217x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,362x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	1,503x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,315x
RTX 2080Nvidia $407Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	1,120x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,345x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,039x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	802x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	738x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	582x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	522x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,092

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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