Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 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 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.44% 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	241% 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	20.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191126
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	May 30 '20 at 19:32
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900KS 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 60.7 1-Core 156 2-Core 297 89% 171 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 727 77% 615 Pts	64-Core 1,396 86% 1,396 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 865F) CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	6.44% Terrible	Lighting 6.73 Reflection 29.1 Parallax 19.4 6% 18.4 fps	MRender 11.9 Gravity 12.9 Splatting 6.91 8% 10.6 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 6.44% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 243GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1118 1087 1135 1270 1226 1204 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 1,885 Write 1,556 Mixed 1374 SusWrite 1,173 336% 1,497 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 48.5 165% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,037 DQ Write 874 DQ Mixed 974 725% 962 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 410%
Patriot Burst 240GB 26,886 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 223GB free Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 266 100 104 102 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 406 Write 348 Mixed 320 SusWrite 171 70% 311 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 27.5 101% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 207 184% 275 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 94%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 222GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 115 117 117 117 117 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	69% Good	Read 123 Write 114 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 117 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 228% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 194 196 197 195 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 156 Mixed 93 SusWrite 195 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 196% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 6,768 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 20.9 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 7.2 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 126 32% 126 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 115%

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

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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	5,497x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	5,233x
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 $295	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