Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (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.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% 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	232% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190606
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '20 at 04:16
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing as expected (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 i7-9700K-$259 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 115 2-Core 235 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 600 61% 494 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$389 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 8660) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 163 Parallax 160 137% 164 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 142 Splatting 107 112% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$159 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 741GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1357 1142 1122 1130 1176 1145 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 1,770 Write 2,067 Mixed 1,186 SusWrite 1,179 349% 1,550 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 49.2 167% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 784 DQ Write 888 DQ Mixed 614 524% 762 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 322GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 481 481 481 482 482 482 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 458 Mixed 383 SusWrite 482 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 52.9 175% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 352 264% 354 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 13GB free Firmware: CS131122 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 471 Write 456 Mixed 353 95% 427 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 37.1 136% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 180 175% 275 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 128 128 132 129 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 107 Write 106 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 128 73% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$75 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 522GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 120 117 119 119 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 114 Write 115 Mixed 61.3 SusWrite 117 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3600C18 2x8GB 14,907 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	62.9% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 19.6 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 18.3 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 121%

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

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 139%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING - $365

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $259Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	5,543x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	5,283x
Core i7-8700KIntel $192Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,372x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	1,516x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,326x
RTX 2080Nvidia $389Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	1,133x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,363x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,053x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	808x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $128Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	747x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $167Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	589x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	527x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,288

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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