Asrock Z390 Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	115% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	218% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z390 Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190506
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '19 at 22:27
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400F-$102 299,482 User benchmarks, average bench 85% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 130 2-Core 260 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 745 78% 627 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.72 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 136 Parallax 137 119% 140 fps	MRender 194 Gravity 144 Splatting 112 118% 150 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 446GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1153 833 833 835 832 834 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 1,712 Write 1,421 Mixed 1434 SusWrite 887 306% 1,363 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 63.8 4K Mixed 33.7 116% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 1,503 DQ Write 1,204 DQ Mixed 1324 999% 1,344 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 297%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 423GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 416 419 401 401 401 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 380 Write 411 Mixed 290 SusWrite 410 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 54.2 4K Mixed 25.1 88% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 182 155% 219 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 107%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 475GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 416 419 401 401 401 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 392 Write 404 Mixed 299 SusWrite 410 85% 376 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 24.2 87% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 184 155% 217 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 43.1 MC Write 42.3 MC Mixed 29.5 109% 38.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 32 94% 32.8 GB/s	Latency 48.7 82% 48.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

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Typical Z390 Steel Legend Builds (Compare 920 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 114%

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z390 Steel Legend

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	212x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	155x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	145x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	90x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	54x
RTX 2080S (Super)Nvidia $466Bench 131%, 261,508 samples	46x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	72x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	30x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	28x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	39x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	32x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	28x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $561

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 $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