Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	116% 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	205% 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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190902
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '20 at 00:17
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$410 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 115 2-Core 229 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 860 78% 657 Pts	64-Core 1,240 77% 1,240 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3173) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 150 Parallax 159 125% 154 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 129 Splatting 107 111% 140 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$45 23,539 User benchmarks, average bench 187% 425GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT343.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1088 1144 1734 1413 761 733 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	205% Outstanding	Read 1472 Write 1,962 Mixed 1,452 SusWrite 1,146 341% 1,508 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 62 4K Mixed 52 169% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 937 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 263 260% 441 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 277%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 74GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 131 132 131 123 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 416 Write 150 Mixed 214 SusWrite 127 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 48.9 4K Mixed 30.4 113% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 88 DQ Mixed 151 109% 143 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 82%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 108GB free Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1222 965 922 981 947 957 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 2,000 Write 1,726 Mixed 1,597 SusWrite 999 354% 1,580 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 48.4 4K Mixed 46.6 155% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 984 DQ Write 78.5 DQ Mixed 157 209% 406 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 297%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 130GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 423 419 427 411 315 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 447 Mixed 445 SusWrite 402 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 41.9 4K Mixed 40 133% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 73.7 DQ Mixed 145 128% 200 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 129%
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$80 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 64GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 46 46 46 48 46 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 75.7 Write 76 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 46.3 46% 62.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 51%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 12,928 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 108 112 112 116 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 111 Write 115 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 111 72% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	74.2% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 20.7 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 24.2 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 62 65% 62 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 109%

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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	5,494x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	5,228x
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 $394Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	1,128x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,350x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,043x
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	585x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	523x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,271

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