Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% 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	198% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	18 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190606
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '20 at 17:35
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	IRQ-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900KF-$295 50,265 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 242 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 742 72% 591 Pts	64-Core 1,054 65% 1,054 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 866A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 171 Parallax 199 140% 181 fps	MRender 176 Gravity 140 Splatting 88.6 105% 135 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 605 576 551 538 517 509 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	198% Outstanding	Read 1,747 Write 609 Mixed 637 SusWrite 549 195% 886 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 99.4 4K Mixed 52.5 174% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1083 DQ Write 724 DQ Mixed 897 671% 901 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 198% Great: 353%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 813GB free Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 899 845 931 933 957 927 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1,133 Write 1,184 Mixed 983 SusWrite 915 238% 1,054 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 55.1 189% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 684 DQ Write 926 DQ Mixed 266 352% 626 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 295%
Plextor M6S 512GB-$189 93 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 84GB free Firmware: 1.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 359 324 328 378 326 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 427 Write 377 Mixed 266 SusWrite 341 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 52.6 4K Mixed 26 101% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 212 193% 296 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 162 161 161 162 163 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 126 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 160 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3600 C17 4x8GB 4,320 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 35.6 MC Mixed 29.1 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 36.2 SC Mixed 24.2 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 129%

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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	5,496x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	5,232x
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 $90Bench 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: $1,266

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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