Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	55.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190410
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	May 05 '21 at 06:00
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 91.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 655 76% 592 Pts	64-Core 387 24% 387 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 129 Reflection 142 Parallax 145 105% 138 fps	Gravity 136 Splatting 119 112% 128 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 63 60 57 58 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 462 Write 66.2 Mixed 103 SusWrite 59.3 37% 173 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 65 4K Mixed 22 92% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 76.6 DQ Mixed 98.4 81% 118 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 121%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 354GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 112 113 112 113 114 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 168 Write 167 Mixed 109 SusWrite 113 103% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 232% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.4% Good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 21.3 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 14.7 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 104%

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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	5,494x
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	1,043x
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