Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 147% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 152% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 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 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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	157% 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	55.5% 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 (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	20.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190410
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '20 at 09:18
Run Duration	322 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900KS 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 88.7 1-Core 156 2-Core 300 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 1,007 93% 780 Pts	64-Core 1,651 102% 1,651 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,306 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% Nvidia(10DE 147D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	157% Outstanding	Lighting 258 Reflection 137 Parallax 187 210% 194 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 171 Splatting 71.9 96% 123 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 180GB-$134 623 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 94 90 85 71 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 312 Write 173 Mixed 215 SusWrite 85.1 44% 196 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 41.4 4K Mixed 27.4 91% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 141 123% 188 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 86%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 388GB free Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 355 345 344 351 345 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 464 Write 401 Mixed 346 SusWrite 348 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 40.2 4K Mixed 33.9 107% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 77 DQ Mixed 218 138% 160 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 125%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 22,017 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0708 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 107 102 102 104 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 85.9 Write 126 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 103 72% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.8 194% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D32AESE.M16FE 2x16GB 4,242 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 22.1 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 20.7 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 129%

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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	5,496x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	5,230x
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	1,128x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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	585x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	524x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,266

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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