Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	162% 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	222% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

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Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	45 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191126
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '21 at 22:48
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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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 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 (1^st percentile)	57.4% Above average	Memory 65.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 140 63% 105 Pts	4-Core 264 8-Core 518 46% 391 Pts	64-Core 1048 65% 1048 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 866A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	162% Outstanding	Lighting 221 Reflection 209 Parallax 247 180% 226 fps	MRender 271 Gravity 223 Splatting 160 172% 218 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 882 673 790 751 711 714 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1,991 Write 986 Mixed 1672 SusWrite 753 301% 1,350 MB/s	4K Read 56.3 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 63.2 240% 85.9 MB/s	DQ Read 689 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 375 319% 476 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 435%
Seagate Expansion Desk 16TB 282 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 9.5TB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 35 39 38 39 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	9.95% Terrible	Read 30.4 Write 34.9 Mixed 33.5 SusWrite 37.3 8% 34 MB/s	4K Read 10.5 4K Write 9.6 4K Mixed 1.2 22% 7.1 MB/s	DQ Read 2.9 DQ Write 10.7 DQ Mixed 1.4 3% 5 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 9.95% Great: 38%
Seagate Expansion Desk 16TB 282 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 15TB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 27 34 32 33 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	7.72% Terrible	Read 26.8 Write 26.6 Mixed 24.3 SusWrite 31 6% 27.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 8.1 4K Mixed 1.7 15% 5.17 MB/s	DQ Read 8.6 DQ Write 13.3 DQ Mixed 1.4 4% 7.77 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 7.72% Great: 38%
Nvme Samsung SSD 970 2TB 10,220 User benchmarks, average bench 331% 1.5TB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 120 64 96 61 98 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	29.8% Poor	Read 43.1 Write 55.6 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 82.6 14% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 20.2 4K Mixed 15.5 33% 12.5 MB/s	DQ Read 416 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 114 123% 215 MB/s
Poor: 221% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 431%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 4x16GB 4,031 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	62.8% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 17.2 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 111 36% 111 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 136%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING - $369

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	5,495x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	5,228x
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	1,316x
RTX 2080Nvidia $394Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	1,128x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,350x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,044x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	802x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	740x
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 $300	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 $45	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