Asrock Z390 Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	41.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	142% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z390 Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190506
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 02 '20 at 00:04
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

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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 i5-9400F-$98 299,482 User benchmarks, average bench 85% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 90 1-Core 120 2-Core 244 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 669 74% 583 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4001) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.8% Average	Lighting 47.3 Reflection 54.6 Parallax 44.4 38% 48.7 fps	MRender 67.5 Gravity 47 Splatting 61.7 48% 58.7 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$60 162,275 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 846 794 107 105 69 57 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 1,292 Write 919 Mixed 841 SusWrite 330 188% 846 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 41.7 140% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 856 DQ Mixed 220 275% 468 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 209%
XPG Gammix S11 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB 2,541 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 21GB free Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 272 274 273 274 276 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 1,221 Write 277 Mixed 415 SusWrite 274 119% 547 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 63.4 4K Mixed 35.8 112% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 274 214% 297 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 258%
Toshiba MQ04ABF100 1TB 179,769 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 181GB free Firmware: JU004C SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 118 121 113 110 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 127 Write 134 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 114 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 6.7 4K Mixed 0.6 241% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 1x16GB 14,281 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.6% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 13 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 14 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 63%

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Gaming 114%

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z390 Steel Legend

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	213x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	155x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	146x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	91x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	55x
RTX 2080S (Super)Nvidia $466Bench 131%, 261,508 samples	46x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	73x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	30x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	28x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	39x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	32x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	28x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $573

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 $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