Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	120% 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	240% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

High background CPU (22%). 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	36 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180814
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '20 at 01:33
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 77.8 1-Core 153 2-Core 302 95% 177 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 697 81% 629 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Nvidia(10DE 147A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 200 Parallax 168 133% 177 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 132 Splatting 112 110% 138 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 136%

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% 84GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,074 Write 1,800 Mixed 1552 402% 1,809 MB/s	4K Read 51.1 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 70.6 232% 81 MB/s	DQ Read 1,445 DQ Write 1,273 DQ Mixed 1,353 1,016% 1,357 MB/s
Poor: 178% Great: 355%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 9GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,098 Write 5536 Mixed 6,306 1,337% 5,980 MB/s	4K Read 694 4K Write 292 4K Mixed 396 1,715% 461 MB/s	DQ Read 2,008 DQ Write 1,037 DQ Mixed 1,308 1,029% 1451 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 771 422 360 391 385 377 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 2,046 Write 2,030 Mixed 1,282 SusWrite 451 324% 1,452 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 69 224% 78.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,473 DQ Write 1,290 DQ Mixed 1,346 1,019% 1,370 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 340%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 349GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 137 142 141 142 142 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 175 Mixed 101 SusWrite 140 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3000C16-8GTZR F4-3000C16-16GTZR F4-3000C16-8GTZR F4-3000C16-16GTZR 48GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192, 16384 MB Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65% Good	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 21.3 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 19.7 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 84.8 47% 84.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 96%

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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	5,492x
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 $177	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