Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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.
Graphics	7.31% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	404% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '20 at 21:42
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 80.7 1-Core 151 2-Core 303 96% 178 Pts	4-Core 605 8-Core 774 88% 690 Pts	64-Core 831 51% 831 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 65,338 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7584 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.31% Terrible	Lighting 7.03 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 8.66 6% 9.15 fps	MRender 12.9 Gravity 7.4 Splatting 16.3 10% 12.2 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.31% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 362GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2198 2197 2182 2205 2197 2201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	404% Outstanding	Read 2,832 Write 2,198 Mixed 1,443 SusWrite 2,196 485% 2,167 MB/s	4K Read 61.6 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 86.2 304% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 1468 DQ Write 1,379 DQ Mixed 1,421 1,068% 1,423 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 404% Great: 393%
WDC WDS100T2B0B-00YS70 1TB 39,874 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 931GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 487 485 485 485 485 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 482 Mixed 400 SusWrite 486 105% 467 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 52.2 181% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 256 217% 318 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 115%
General UDisk 32GB 1,993 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 22GB free, PID null, caraele SusWrite @10s intervals: 9 4 0 11 7.5 11 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	6.2% Terrible	Read 15 Write 9.7 Mixed 10.7 SusWrite 7 14% 10.6 MB/s	4K Read 10.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 39% 3.53 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.2% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB-$82 1,785 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.7% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 18.7 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 25.3 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 79.3 50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 123%

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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	5,498x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	5,235x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,364x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	1,504x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,316x
RTX 2080Nvidia $407Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	1,129x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,351x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,044x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	802x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	740x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	586x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	524x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,271

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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