Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (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. 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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99% 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	98.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (40%). 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	22.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190902
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '21 at 07:59
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing below expectations (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-$258 550,833 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 (13^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 714 73% 590 Pts	64-Core 813 50% 813 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 144 Parallax 132 98% 132 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 134 Splatting 120 100% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 376GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 432 300 62 52 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 442 Write 380 Mixed 394 SusWrite 205 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 51.6 171% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 255 217% 317 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 126%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 110GB free Firmware: EXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 135 134 134 134 134 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 402 Mixed 362 SusWrite 156 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 48.3 175% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 168 177% 291 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 108%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 440 468 479 483 480 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 469 Mixed 408 SusWrite 449 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 99.6 4K Mixed 44.6 160% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 353 265% 355 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 121%
Sabrent Dual SATA Bridge 500GB 140 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 466GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 22 21 23 27 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 18.9 Write 16.5 Mixed 18.7 SusWrite 23.5 14% 19.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.3 51% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 69%
Sabrent Dual SATA Bridge 2TB 254 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.8 5.9 5.6 5.9 6.7 6.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	4.6% Terrible	Read 9.9 Write 9.7 Mixed 9.2 SusWrite 6.1 6% 8.72 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 17% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 4.6% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3000 DDR4 2666 2OZ DDR4 3000 DDR4 2666 2OZ 32GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 36.2 MC Mixed 30.3 98% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 37.8 SC Mixed 26.5 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 100%

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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 $258Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	5,463x
Core i9-9900KIntel $427Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	5,217x
Core i7-8700KIntel $198Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,360x

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	1,119x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,344x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,037x
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	582x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	522x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,082

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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