Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.42% 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	319% 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	28.3 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 03:46
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 148 2-Core 291 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 843 86% 694 Pts	64-Core 1,139 70% 1,139 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 98.6% 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 (100^th percentile)	7.42% Terrible	Lighting 7 Reflection 12.5 Parallax 8.56 6% 9.35 fps	MRender 13.3 Gravity 7.6 Splatting 17 11% 12.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.42% 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: 1903 855 808 807 807 815 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	319% Outstanding	Read 2,636 Write 2135 Mixed 1,772 SusWrite 999 421% 1,885 MB/s	4K Read 71.1 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 95.2 309% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,443 DQ Write 1,063 DQ Mixed 1,187 905% 1,231 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 319% 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: 1866 1080 831 831 830 830 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	333% Outstanding	Read 2,606 Write 2116 Mixed 1,863 SusWrite 1,044 426% 1,907 MB/s	4K Read 71.5 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 99.3 335% 120 MB/s	DQ Read 1,593 DQ Write 1,159 DQ Mixed 1,322 1,003% 1,358 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 333% Great: 340%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 197 197 195 198 198 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 140 Write 124 Mixed 29.3 SusWrite 197 88% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.8 344% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 96.9% 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 above expectations (61^st percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 24.8 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 30.9 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 114%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 139%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING - $365

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $260Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	5,539x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	5,278x
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,371x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	1,515x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,326x
RTX 2080Nvidia $389Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	1,133x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,363x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,053x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	807x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	747x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	589x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	527x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,275

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16