Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.53% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	305% 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	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.

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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '19 at 03:35
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 147 2-Core 242 92% 161 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 864 86% 699 Pts	64-Core 1,137 70% 1,137 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6374 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	6.53% Terrible	Lighting 6.57 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 8.5 5% 8.92 fps	MRender 10.5 Gravity 7.33 Splatting 13.4 9% 10.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.53% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 424GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1965 805 811 800 810 807 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	305% Outstanding	Read 2,632 Write 2,187 Mixed 1,768 SusWrite 1,000 424% 1,897 MB/s	4K Read 66.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 86.9 274% 89.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,365 DQ Write 1,005 DQ Mixed 1,154 871% 1,175 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 305% Great: 340%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 466GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2246 829 827 830 830 829 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	313% Outstanding	Read 2,423 Write 1916 Mixed 1,821 SusWrite 1,065 404% 1,806 MB/s	4K Read 67.1 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 94.2 290% 96.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,522 DQ Write 1,180 DQ Mixed 1274 974% 1,325 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 313% Great: 340%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 178 178 177 178 176 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 127 Write 122 Mixed 28.9 SusWrite 177 82% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 27.1 92% 32 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 19.8 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 114%

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Gaming 150%

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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	5,498x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	5,235x
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	1,129x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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	586x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	524x

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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 $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