Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	7.56% 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	123% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190410
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '19 at 06:21
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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 i7-9700K-$272 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 149 2-Core 299 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 596 8-Core 1,100 101% 848 Pts	64-Core 1,175 73% 1,175 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6374 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.56% Terrible	Lighting 7.17 Reflection 12.8 Parallax 8.81 6% 9.58 fps	MRender 13.1 Gravity 7.83 Splatting 17.4 11% 12.8 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.56% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 858GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 478 484 467 486 483 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 482 Mixed 426 SusWrite 478 107% 475 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 52 184% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 281 231% 331 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 197 199 200 195 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 140 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 197 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.2% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 20.7 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 22.7 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $272Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	5,512x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	5,250x
Core i7-8700KIntel $199Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,367x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	1,507x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,320x
RTX 2080Nvidia $407Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	1,133x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,357x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,046x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	805x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $116Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	744x
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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,292

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16