Asrock Z390 Phantom Gaming 9

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 98.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77% 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	203% 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z390 Phantom Gaming 9 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180928
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '19 at 09:00
Run Duration	301 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 138 2-Core 278 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 785 84% 667 Pts	64-Core 750 46% 750 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3015 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77% Very good	Lighting 99.4 Reflection 88.4 Parallax 82.3 81% 90 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 85.6 Splatting 73.7 69% 86.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 EVO 500GB 100 User benchmarks, average bench 238% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 607 286 283 278 282 280 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 2,155 Write 1,404 Mixed 1,113 SusWrite 336 277% 1,252 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 62.1 203% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 773 DQ Write 689 DQ Mixed 708 537% 723 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 280%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 136GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 904 661 662 547 550 551 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 1,776 Write 1,699 Mixed 884 SusWrite 646 279% 1,251 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 53.4 185% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 825 DQ Write 735 DQ Mixed 714 554% 758 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 254%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 225GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2021 744 595 600 600 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 2,055 Write 2,054 Mixed 1,422 SusWrite 860 358% 1,598 MB/s	4K Read 53.1 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 63.6 215% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 848 DQ Write 747 DQ Mixed 759 579% 784 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 340%
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB 11,642 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 427GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 100 103 102 102 102 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 105 Write 93 Mixed 41 SusWrite 102 62% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 75%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 858GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 86 85 87 87 89 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 90.3 Write 82.3 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 86.8 58% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	MC Read 36 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 25.6 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 25.8 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 56.7 71% 56.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 111%

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Gaming 153%

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Desktop 102%

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Workstation 152%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z390 Phantom Gaming 9

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	161x
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	72x
Core i7-8700KIntel $188Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	29x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	38x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	26x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	25x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	15x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $46Bench 234%, 87,206 samples	15x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	14x

RAM
F4 DDR4 3600 C17 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 5,888 samples	14x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 112%, 4,962 samples	14x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	11x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $1,011

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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