Asus TUF Z390-PRO GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (6th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 94 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive	77.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z390-PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180921
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '20 at 19:50
Run Duration	274 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Memory 20.7 1-Core 130 2-Core 245 64% 132 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 398 50% 382 Pts	64-Core 389 24% 389 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB-$146 2,107 User benchmarks, average bench 130% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FK11.L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 387 98 251 372 366 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 506 Write 364 Mixed 328 SusWrite 311 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 22.4 4K Mixed 18.4 64% 20 MB/s	DQ Read 768 DQ Write 81.6 DQ Mixed 143 176% 331 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 159%
Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB-$146 2,107 User benchmarks, average bench 130% 320GB free Firmware: E8FK11.G Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 567 527 441 464 533 394 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 709 Write 692 Mixed 597 SusWrite 488 140% 621 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 21.9 4K Mixed 21.1 82% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 741 DQ Write 51.1 DQ Mixed 98.9 147% 297 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 159%
Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB-$146 2,107 User benchmarks, average bench 130% 92GB free Firmware: E8FK11.G Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 413 399 372 368 314 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 605 Write 615 Mixed 486 SusWrite 384 118% 523 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 18.7 4K Mixed 21 70% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 754 DQ Write 39.3 DQ Mixed 116 155% 303 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 159%
Seagate Expansion Desk 10TB 109 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 8TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 164 162 165 159 157 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 15% Great: 118%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 338GB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 34 32 32 31 31 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 19.5 Write 34.7 Mixed 28.8 SusWrite 31.5 21% 28.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.6 180% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	34.5% Below average	MC Read 14 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 11 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 2.3 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 3.8 13% 4.43 GB/s	Latency 315 13% 315 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 109%

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Gaming 114%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z390-PRO GAMING - $275

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $249Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	769x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	610x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	482x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	207x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	186x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	166x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	151x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	122x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	108x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	91x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	82x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	80x

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Value: 121% - Outstanding

Total price: $850

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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