Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	75% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.9% 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	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.

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Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190318
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '19 at 03:17
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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 (69^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 277 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 541 8-Core 690 79% 616 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75% Very good	Lighting 93.7 Reflection 107 Parallax 96.8 76% 99.2 fps	MRender 90.4 Gravity 89 Splatting 86.4 72% 88.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3 1T02 1TB 12,047 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 790GB free (System drive) Firmware: 40101000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 344 370 380 383 409 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 398 Write 315 Mixed 309 SusWrite 366 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 81.7 4K Mixed 37.7 142% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 242 208% 308 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 122%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 53GB free Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 300 299 290 285 295 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 435 Write 360 Mixed 246 SusWrite 295 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 28.9 120% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 208 191% 294 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 108%
Spcc Solid State Disk 480GB 3,502 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 328GB free Firmware: SAFM01.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 342 371 375 382 407 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 436 Mixed 320 SusWrite 368 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 81.5 4K Mixed 36.8 136% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 197 162% 234 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 104%
Sandisk S3512G 512GB 19,948 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 389GB free Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 345 376 379 381 408 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 419 Mixed 249 SusWrite 370 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 45 140% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 215 198% 305 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 119%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 609GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 31 31 35 39 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Read 12.7 Write 53.8 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 34 24% 32.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 66% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 75%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 72 79 71 71 69 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 79.5 Write 56.5 Mixed 52 SusWrite 71.4 48% 64.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 51%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 169GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 40 40 39 39 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 40 Write 38.8 Mixed 31.3 SusWrite 39.5 51% 37.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 81% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 49%
WD easystore 25FB 10TB 3,369 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 36 35 35 35 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	24.6% Poor	Read 36.3 Write 35.3 Mixed 31.2 SusWrite 35.1 47% 34.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 1 165% 2 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.6% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 21.1 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 21.6 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 104%

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Desktop 101%

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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	5,496x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	5,230x
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	1,316x
RTX 2080Nvidia $407Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	1,128x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,351x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,044x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	802x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	740x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	585x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	524x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,266

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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