Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING

Performance Results

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Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	249% 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 (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '21 at 19:27
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	68%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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-$409 354,223 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 (2^nd percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 79.2 1-Core 110 2-Core 219 76% 136 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 766 73% 603 Pts	64-Core 1,196 74% 1,196 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% MSI(1462 3908) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 210 Reflection 202 Parallax 211 172% 208 fps	Gravity 152 Splatting 135 126% 144 fps
Poor: 135% Great: 158%

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% 332GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 860 793 763 809 807 807 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 2,437 Write 2,144 Mixed 1,562 SusWrite 807 388% 1,737 MB/s	4K Read 53.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 69.7 231% 79 MB/s	DQ Read 742 DQ Write 606 DQ Mixed 704 519% 684 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 355%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 732GB free Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 366 369 359 360 345 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 478 Mixed 385 SusWrite 378 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 46.6 159% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 260 219% 319 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 117%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 138GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 101 104 104 104 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	52% Above average	Read 77.9 Write 81.4 Mixed 58.8 SusWrite 103 59% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 84%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 156 156 157 157 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 99.5 Mixed 101 SusWrite 155 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 213% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 101%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 29GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 49 49 49 50 49 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	27.1% Poor	Read 91.2 Write 49.9 Mixed 30.2 SusWrite 44.7 65% 54 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.4 99% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$114 144,399 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	35.3% Below average	MC Read 11.9 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 9.8 32% 11.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 13.3 38% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 82.1 49% 82.1 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 114%

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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 $249Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	5,475x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	5,217x
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	1,120x

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	1,039x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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	582x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	522x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,092

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