Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	29.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190902
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '19 at 04:36
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 274 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 541 8-Core 786 83% 663 Pts	64-Core 943 58% 943 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 145 Parallax 124 108% 134 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 132 Splatting 105 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 406GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 140 166 255 290 242 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	29.2% Poor	Read 314 Write 62 Mixed 19.2 SusWrite 217 34% 153 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 5.8 4K Mixed 0.1 13% 4.07 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 76%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 141GB free Firmware: SC12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 107 108 109 109 108 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	60% Good	Read 101 Write 101 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 108 68% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 98%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 121 122 121 121 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 118 Write 73.2 Mixed 82 SusWrite 120 73% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 97%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 297GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 103 105 104 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 104 Write 97.7 Mixed 71 SusWrite 103 69% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 60%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 126GB 651 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 105GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.3 5.7 1 7.7 4.4 3.3 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	11% Very poor	Read 27.3 Write 8.7 Mixed 17.3 SusWrite 4.7 17% 14.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.3 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 2 143% 3.57 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3000 C16 Series 2x4GB 1,631 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.2% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 19.9 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 22.4 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.2% 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 - $193

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $249Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	5,473x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	5,217x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,362x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	1,503x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,315x
RTX 2080Nvidia $407Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	1,119x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,345x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,038x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	802x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	738x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	582x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	522x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,073

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