Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	72.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	116% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '20 at 13:43
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	74%

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PC Performing way below expectations (14^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-$252 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 1.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Memory 58.3 1-Core 43.3 2-Core 89.3 39% 63.6 Pts	4-Core 176 8-Core 298 29% 237 Pts	64-Core 322 20% 322 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Dell(1028 C756) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3931 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.4% Very good	Lighting 74.2 Reflection 105 Parallax 122 60% 101 fps	MRender 169 Gravity 103 Splatting 91.2 96% 121 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PC SN520 NVMe WDC 256GB 4,380 User benchmarks, average bench 137% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20220012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 252 236 245 234 226 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 1,133 Write 1,008 Mixed 487 SusWrite 269 161% 724 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 62.8 4K Mixed 39.9 122% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 373 272% 355 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 184%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 960GB-$300 2,857 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 28GB free Firmware: X212T0RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 315 305 358 316 283 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 446 Write 415 Mixed 277 SusWrite 313 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 43 4K Mixed 24.6 90% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 150 135% 207 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 114%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 123GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 320 305 370 831 564 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Read 451 Write 417 Mixed 319 SusWrite 449 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 48 4K Mixed 30.1 101% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 168 153% 235 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 115GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 57 94 108 108 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 101 Write 104 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 93.5 68% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	53.7% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 22.2 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 10.6 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 133 30% 133 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 120%

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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 - $193

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	5,477x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	5,219x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,362x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	1,503x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,315x
RTX 2080Nvidia $407Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	1,121x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,345x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,040x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	802x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	738x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	583x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	522x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,095

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) $30	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