EVGA Z390 DARK

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 119% UFO


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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	113% 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	89.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	EVGA Z390 DARK (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190409
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '19 at 16:30
Run Duration	434 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	47%

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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 i9-9900K-$409 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 98 1-Core 143 2-Core 285 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 1,066 98% 820 Pts	64-Core 1600 99% 1600 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3369) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 158 Parallax 135 122% 148 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 148 Splatting 117 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X210 128GB-$149 146 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: X210400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 298 285 276 261 259 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 378 Write 322 Mixed 225 SusWrite 279 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 39.6 153% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 107 115% 192 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 97%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 233GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1374 314 313 313 314 312 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 2,050 Write 1,538 Mixed 761 SusWrite 490 268% 1,210 MB/s	4K Read 56.6 4K Write 196 4K Mixed 58.6 265% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,058 DQ Write 1,294 DQ Mixed 721 670% 1,024 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 236%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 490GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 491 493 492 494 494 493 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 492 Mixed 467 SusWrite 493 111% 492 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 66.8 233% 86.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 356 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 133%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 59GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 234 218 231 221 241 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 495 Write 270 Mixed 253 SusWrite 226 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 60.1 4K Mixed 25.4 101% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 70.7 DQ Mixed 123 106% 162 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 76%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 490GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 477 477 477 477 475 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 456 Mixed 460 SusWrite 477 107% 475 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 55.6 183% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 356 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%
Intel SSDPEL1D380GA 380GB 197 User benchmarks, average bench 465% 247GB free Firmware: E2010445 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1972 1976 1970 1971 1986 2001 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	520% Outstanding	Read 2,218 Write 2,044 Mixed 2,156 SusWrite 1,979 473% 2,099 MB/s	4K Read 258 4K Write 224 4K Mixed 238 814% 240 MB/s	DQ Read 1390 DQ Write 1,196 DQ Mixed 1,268 957% 1,285 MB/s
Poor: 346% ↑ This bench: 520% Great: 540%
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 356GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2218 2221 2147 2041 2103 2086 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	386% Outstanding	Read 2,675 Write 2,142 Mixed 1,555 SusWrite 2,136 477% 2,127 MB/s	4K Read 59.6 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 83.5 287% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,438 DQ Write 1,239 DQ Mixed 1,312 990% 1,329 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 386% Great: 393%
Samsung Flash Drive 32GB 12,134 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 26GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 26 26 26 26 26 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 209 Write 32.7 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 27 93% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 14.7 4K Mixed 14.1 1,045% 15.5 MB/s	DQ Read 21.9 DQ Write 24.7 DQ Mixed 12.8 1,357% 19.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB 99,207 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	91% Outstanding	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 24.4 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 32 91% 32 GB/s	Latency 46.2 86% 46.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 110%

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Gaming 153%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 152%

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Motherboard: EVGA Z390 DARK

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	109x
Core i9-9900KFIntel $292Bench 98%, 50,265 samples	19x
Core i9-9900KSIntelBench 99%, 12,840 samples	12x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	70x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	19x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	13x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	22x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	11x
Force MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCorsair $164Bench 314%, 35,257 samples	10x

RAM
F4 DDR4 4600 C18 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 101%, 108 samples	13x
CMT32GX4M2C3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 91%, 17,500 samples	8x
F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 103%, 5,453 samples	6x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $945

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