Asrock Z390 Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 92.7%, 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	112% 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	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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asrock Z390 Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '22 at 04:03
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$275 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 240 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 925 83% 701 Pts	64-Core 943 58% 943 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4001) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 152 Parallax 156 128% 155 fps	MRender 188 Gravity 133 Splatting 119 117% 147 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 545s Series 512GB-$95 12,034 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 416GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF004C SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 391 424 432 436 434 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 430 Mixed 410 SusWrite 398 96% 424 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 53.7 178% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 250 207% 295 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 128%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$98 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 381GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1847 1639 1633 1626 1593 1633 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	323% Outstanding	Read 2,299 Write 2,021 Mixed 1,682 SusWrite 1,662 430% 1,916 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 80.1 246% 86.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,314 DQ Write 1,015 DQ Mixed 1,136 857% 1,155 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 323% Great: 410%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$60 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 141 144 143 143 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 129 Write 136 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 141 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2D3600C18 2x8GB 48,405 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 43 MC Write 46.5 MC Mixed 30.4 114% 40 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 41.5 SC Mixed 28.5 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 121%

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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 $275Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	213x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	155x
Core i5-9600KIntel $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	145x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	91x
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	73x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $154Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	30x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	28x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	39x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	32x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	28x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $584

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16