Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	243% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190902
Uptime	5.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '20 at 18:43
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$410 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 215 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 724 67% 561 Pts	64-Core 1168 72% 1168 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.8% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 103 Parallax 101 85% 103 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 85.1 Splatting 75.8 75% 94.5 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 375GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 643 754 827 830 819 831 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 2,227 Write 1,696 Mixed 1,320 SusWrite 784 336% 1,507 MB/s	4K Read 50.9 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 70.3 229% 79.5 MB/s	DQ Read 865 DQ Write 694 DQ Mixed 782 584% 780 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 355%
Seagate ST2000DM009-2G4100 2TB 3,203 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 922GB free Firmware: DN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 165 163 163 166 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 163 Mixed 85 SusWrite 163 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 236% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 215 220 220 220 220 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 24 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 23.6 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 110%

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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 - $369

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	5,491x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	5,225x
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	1,315x
RTX 2080Nvidia $396Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	1,127x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,349x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,043x
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	585x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	523x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,271

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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