Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% 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	55% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	21.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190902
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '22 at 18:44
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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-$410 354,223 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 (2^nd percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 103 2-Core 194 77% 130 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 649 61% 506 Pts	64-Core 1,008 62% 1,008 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% EVGA(3842 3183) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 526.98 Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	130% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 251 Parallax 196 142% 207 fps	MRender 199 Gravity 153 Splatting 127 127% 160 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 62 49 47 47 48 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	55% Above average	Read 447 Write 80.6 Mixed 106 SusWrite 54 37% 172 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 68.6 4K Mixed 22.9 92% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 75.3 DQ Mixed 94.5 79% 117 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 121%
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 30GB free Firmware: SBFM21.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 70 96 136 41 126 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	28.7% Poor	Read 208 Write 102 Mixed 82.8 SusWrite 114 28% 127 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 20.1 4K Mixed 8.2 43% 14.2 MB/s	DQ Read 14.5 DQ Write 15.6 DQ Mixed 14.7 11% 14.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 99%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 2TB free Firmware: 4B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1524 1180 1917 2034 2191 2154 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	334% Outstanding	Read 2,384 Write 2,277 Mixed 2,250 SusWrite 1,833 492% 2,186 MB/s	4K Read 61.3 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 82.4 269% 92.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,059 DQ Write 854 DQ Mixed 908 693% 940 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 334% Great: 435%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 118 120 120 119 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 125 Write 104 Mixed 92.4 SusWrite 120 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 32GB 1,325 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 29.1 100% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 34.4 SC Mixed 24.8 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 108%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	5,489x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	5,224x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,364x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	1,503x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,315x
RTX 2080Nvidia $396Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	1,126x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,348x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,042x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	802x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	738x
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: $1,268

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16