Asrock Z390 Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 119% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	89.5% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z390 Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190805
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '21 at 05:47
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900KF-$295 50,265 User benchmarks, average bench 98% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 145 2-Core 292 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 1,001 94% 782 Pts	64-Core 1,580 98% 1,580 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 37A5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 158 Parallax 163 129% 160 fps	MRender 178 Gravity 140 Splatting 118 116% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 208GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 429 420 416 412 415 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 459 Write 416 Mixed 408 SusWrite 422 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 44.6 4K Mixed 28.9 95% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 351 264% 353 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 133%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$60 162,275 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 250GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 834 264 58 56 59 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 1,293 Write 390 Mixed 752 SusWrite 222 146% 664 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 49.4 4K Mixed 28.2 97% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 47.5 DQ Mixed 71.4 60% 90.2 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 209%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 175 177 182 177 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 104 Write 139 Mixed 31 SusWrite 178 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 43% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 185 185 185 185 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 148 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 185 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.4% Good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 19.1 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 22.8 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 109%

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Gaming 114%

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 105%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z390 Steel Legend

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	211x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	155x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	145x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	90x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	54x
RTX 2080S (Super)Nvidia $466Bench 131%, 261,508 samples	46x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	72x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	30x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	28x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	39x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	32x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	28x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $568

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