EVGA Z390 DARK

Performance Results


Gaming 142% UFO	Desktop 115% UFO	Workstation 140% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 115%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	122% 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	546% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	EVGA Z390 DARK (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190916
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '20 at 06:22
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing way above expectations (95^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% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 5.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Memory 99.2 1-Core 178 2-Core 356 114% 211 Pts	4-Core 699 8-Core 1,399 124% 1,049 Pts	64-Core 1,397 86% 1,397 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Asus(1043 8727) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 4250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 150 Parallax 150 132% 154 fps	MRender 212 Gravity 127 Splatting 109 117% 149 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 560GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 503% 330GB free Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 3052 3035 3170 3182 3213 3209 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	661% Outstanding	Read 3,766 Write 3,166 Mixed 2,822 SusWrite 3,143 725% 3,224 MB/s	4K Read 195 4K Write 340 4K Mixed 233 774% 256 MB/s	DQ Read 1733 DQ Write 1,747 DQ Mixed 1,753 1,314% 1,745 MB/s
Poor: 233% ↑ This bench: 661% Great: 674%
Intel 905P Optane NVMe PCIe 960GB-$1,222 566 User benchmarks, average bench 429% 846GB free (System drive) Firmware: E2010435 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2076 2076 2078 2078 2078 2073 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	546% Outstanding	Read 2307 Write 2,073 Mixed 2,184 SusWrite 2,077 487% 2,160 MB/s	4K Read 259 4K Write 230 4K Mixed 241 823% 243 MB/s	DQ Read 1,732 DQ Write 1,487 DQ Mixed 1,598 1,201% 1,606 MB/s
Poor: 273% ↑ This bench: 546% Great: 551%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 4266 C19 2x8GB 520 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	MC Read 56.1 MC Write 59 MC Mixed 38.5 146% 51.2 GB/s	SC Read 25.9 SC Write 56.8 SC Mixed 38.6 116% 40.4 GB/s	Latency 39.8 100% 39.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 128%

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

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Gaming 153%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 152%

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Motherboard: EVGA Z390 DARK

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $399Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	109x
Core i9-9900KFIntel $285Bench 98%, 50,265 samples	19x
Core i9-9900KSIntelBench 99%, 12,840 samples	12x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	70x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	19x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	13x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	22x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	11x
Force MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCorsair $164Bench 314%, 35,257 samples	10x

RAM
F4 DDR4 4600 C18 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 101%, 108 samples	13x
CMT32GX4M2C3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 91%, 17,500 samples	8x
F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 103%, 5,453 samples	6x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $933

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16