Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	269% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180814
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '20 at 05:55
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 84.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 218 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 692 68% 554 Pts	64-Core 901 56% 901 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Zotac(19DA 9454) 2GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.20 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 36.7 Reflection 27.8 Parallax 33.8 30% 32.7 fps	Gravity 35.1 Splatting 34.4 31% 34.8 fps
Poor: 24% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB 612 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 241GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1930 987 793 790 796 797 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	269% Outstanding	Read 2341 Write 2114 Mixed 1,639 SusWrite 1,016 398% 1,777 MB/s	4K Read 55.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 74.2 239% 80.7 MB/s	DQ Read 976 DQ Write 752 DQ Mixed 890 659% 873 MB/s
Poor: 208% ↑ This bench: 269% Great: 332%
Toshiba HG5d Q Series 128GB 2,624 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 5GB free Firmware: HTRAN101 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 478 Write 212 Mixed 413 81% 368 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 39.3 129% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 173 147% 221 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 102%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$60 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 138 138 142 136 141 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 142 Write 136 Mixed 90 SusWrite 139 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 84%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 798GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 145 145 145 144 145 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 144 Write 133 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 144 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.8 174% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 46,470 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 21 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 22.7 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 89%

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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 $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	5,525x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	5,262x
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,368x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	1,510x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,322x
RTX 2080Nvidia $391Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	1,133x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,360x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,049x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	806x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	746x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	588x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	526x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,280

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16