Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.4% 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	92.5% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '19 at 14:19
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 as expected (48^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.1 1-Core 139 2-Core 275 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 672 76% 595 Pts	64-Core 825 51% 825 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 93.1% 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 1266) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 94.8 Parallax 94.3 88% 98.9 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 91.9 Splatting 81.5 75% 93.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKGF256A5 SATA 256GB 1,243 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: LB1i SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 196 241 232 232 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 362 Write 268 Mixed 286 SusWrite 218 64% 284 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 45.6 171% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 173 157% 239 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 88%
PNY XLR8 240GB-$212 552 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 223GB free Firmware: 507ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 220 218 219 214 220 MB/s Performing below potential (97^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	87.9% Excellent	Read 282 Write 241 Mixed 246 SusWrite 218 56% 247 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 42.1 169% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 149 144% 226 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 200 201 198 200 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 144 Mixed 84.8 SusWrite 200 115% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL16-16-16 D4-2400 4x8GB 261 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 24.9 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 22.8 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 86%

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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	5,492x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	5,225x
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	1,315x
RTX 2080Nvidia $394Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	1,127x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,349x
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	738x
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 $295	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 $40	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