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 above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	278% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211102
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '22 at 22:01
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600KF-$180 65,122 User benchmarks, average bench 93% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 142 2-Core 278 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 795 81% 654 Pts	64-Core 801 50% 801 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Device(7377 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 496.74 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 60.4 Reflection 92.8 Parallax 58 49% 70.4 fps	Gravity 58.7 Splatting 50.9 48% 54.8 fps
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Samsung SSD 980 500GB 1,856 User benchmarks, average bench 226% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1604 1656 1490 789 818 813 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	278% Outstanding	Read 2,193 Write 1,622 Mixed 1,699 SusWrite 1,195 376% 1,677 MB/s	4K Read 55.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 74.6 234% 77.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,155 DQ Write 839 DQ Mixed 909 703% 968 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 278% Great: 354%
OCZSSD2-1VTX120G 128GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 75GB free Firmware: 2142 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 183 183 182 183 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	Read 213 Write 186 Mixed 129 SusWrite 182 40% 178 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 10 4K Mixed 12.6 63% 16.6 MB/s	DQ Read 66.2 DQ Write 9.8 DQ Mixed 14.9 17% 30.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 41%
OCZ VERTEX 128GB 494 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 104GB free Firmware: 1.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 161 162 163 163 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 196 Write 150 Mixed 122 SusWrite 161 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 11.9 4K Mixed 12.4 56% 15.5 MB/s	DQ Read 47.6 DQ Write 11.7 DQ Mixed 15.3 15% 24.9 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 42%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 682GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 104 104 104 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 100 Write 100 Mixed 54 SusWrite 104 66% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$89 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 560GB free Firmware: CC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 101 102 102 101 101 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 99.4 Write 94.6 Mixed 55.2 SusWrite 101 64% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 70%
Hitachi HTS547550A9E384 500GB-$60 23,997 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 381GB free Firmware: JE3OA50A SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 77 78 78 78 78 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 79.6 Write 50.2 Mixed 40.6 SusWrite 76.8 45% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.4 70% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 50%
Kingmax USB 2.0 Recovery 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 7GB free, PID 6211 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.1 9.7 9.7 9.6 9.5 9.7 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	6.91% Terrible	Read 21.3 Write 6.5 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 9.5 13% 11.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 27% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.91% Great: 9%
FLASH Drive SM_USB20 4GB 372 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 2GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 11 11 12 12 12 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	7.73% Terrible	Read 25.9 Write 5.2 Mixed 7.8 SusWrite 11.2 14% 12.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 24% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.73% Great: 8%
FLASH Drive SM_USB20 4GB 372 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 11 11 11 11 11 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	7.47% Terrible	Read 24.7 Write 5 Mixed 6.8 SusWrite 11 13% 11.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.47% Great: 8%
FLASH Drive SM_USB20 4GB 372 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.6 11 11 12 11 11 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	7.65% Terrible	Read 25.8 Write 3 Mixed 9.3 SusWrite 11 14% 12.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 24% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.65% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GB 32,191 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	116% Outstanding	MC Read 45.9 MC Write 44 MC Mixed 35.7 120% 41.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 49.7 SC Mixed 33.1 100% 35.1 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 134%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 139%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING - $339

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $242Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	5,570x
Core i9-9900KIntel $399Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	5,299x
Core i7-8700KIntel $179Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,382x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	1,523x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,332x
RTX 2080Nvidia $270Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	1,136x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,365x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,056x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	812x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $115Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	747x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	592x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	530x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,230

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16