Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING

Performance Results

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Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	314% 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	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '20 at 11:08
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 279 90% 164 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 734 82% 642 Pts	64-Core 805 50% 805 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 2183) CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 168 Reflection 166 Parallax 174 136% 169 fps	Gravity 156 Splatting 117 118% 136 fps
Poor: 109% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 449GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1400 1114 1074 1031 1014 991 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	314% Outstanding	Read 2,474 Write 2,308 Mixed 1676 SusWrite 1,104 423% 1,891 MB/s	4K Read 58 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 80.6 265% 92.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,572 DQ Write 1,360 DQ Mixed 1,446 1,089% 1,460 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 314% Great: 372%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 103GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 176 165 159 186 222 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 544 Write 146 Mixed 152 SusWrite 194 57% 259 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 63.8 4K Mixed 19.8 90% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 65.6 88% 157 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 182%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 167GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 85 76 87 70 183 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 138 Write 106 Mixed 51 SusWrite 96 71% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 213%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 145 153 154 152 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 127 Write 153 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 151 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 0.8 229% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 90%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 442GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 97 96 95 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 102 Write 93.5 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 95.9 66% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.6% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 20.9 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 21.1 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 104%

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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	5,229x
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	1,128x

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	1,044x
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	585x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	524x

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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 $40	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