Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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.
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 (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	20.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190606
Uptime	10.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '22 at 06:43
Run Duration	412 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	49%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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-$405 354,223 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 (4^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 218 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 722 69% 568 Pts	64-Core 1,103 68% 1,103 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$391 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3726) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing below potential (78^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	129% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 170 Parallax 171 143% 172 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 150 Splatting 127 122% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,363 Write 1,465 Mixed 1,228 371% 1,686 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 62.5 212% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 794 DQ Write 666 DQ Mixed 726 545% 729 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 510GB 1,017 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 86GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 356 410 417 420 421 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 424 Mixed 432 SusWrite 384 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 80.7 4K Mixed 52.8 172% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 254 209% 297 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 115%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 208GB free Firmware: 004C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 778 102 134 107 102 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 1,492 Write 1,354 Mixed 1,035 SusWrite 226 229% 1,027 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 60.9 209% 76 MB/s	DQ Read 547 DQ Write 790 DQ Mixed 464 408% 600 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 255%
Pcie SSD 512GB 20,736 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 94GB free Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 629 443 470 445 415 389 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 576 Write 917 Mixed 292 SusWrite 465 127% 562 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 84 4K Mixed 34.5 132% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 787 DQ Write 696 DQ Mixed 818 592% 767 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 267%
SHGS31-1000GS-2 1TB 11,576 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 248GB free Firmware: 90000Q00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 450 392 323 205 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 453 Mixed 404 SusWrite 325 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 75.7 4K Mixed 36.8 125% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 349 263% 352 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$38 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 220 219 218 220 220 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 127 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 216 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB 10,285 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 3TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 162 172 175 168 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 126 Write 154 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 168 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.7 218% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 28.6 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 24.3 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 120%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 139%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING - $365

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	5,535x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	5,266x
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,370x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	1,512x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,324x
RTX 2080Nvidia $391Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	1,133x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $82Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,362x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,050x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	806x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	747x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	588x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	526x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,267

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16