Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 133% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 136% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	136% 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	220% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191126
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '20 at 20:28
Run Duration	275 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900KF-$294 50,265 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	98% Outstanding	Memory 91.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 281 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 558 8-Core 1,093 98% 825 Pts	64-Core 1,535 95% 1,535 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% MSI(1462 C724) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 191 Reflection 182 Parallax 195 155% 189 fps	MRender 201 Gravity 160 Splatting 114 125% 159 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB 32,020 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 640GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 987 913 953 970 936 944 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 1,383 Write 2,314 Mixed 1,625 SusWrite 950 355% 1,568 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 65.9 211% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,183 DQ Write 652 DQ Mixed 872 661% 902 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 298%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 1,997 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 4.5TB free Firmware: 0739 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 133 133 138 138 145 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Read 149 Write 128 Mixed 84.8 SusWrite 135 28% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 8.5 4K Mixed 1 7% 3.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1.3 DQ Write 6.6 DQ Mixed 2.1 2% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 18%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 222GB free Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 249 249 248 250 250 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 464 Write 211 Mixed 178 SusWrite 249 61% 276 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 72.6 4K Mixed 23.1 110% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 57.9 104% 209 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 85%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$20 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 256GB free Firmware: ES12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 97 95 96 98 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 93.7 Write 89.5 Mixed 46 SusWrite 96.8 60% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 60%
Seagate Expansion Desk 400GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 372GB free Firmware: 0739 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 61 61 61 61 61 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	33.5% Below average	Read 55 Write 60.5 Mixed 36 SusWrite 61.2 39% 53.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 33%
WD Elements 25A3 10TB 3,723 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3.5TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 148 147 141 141 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 178 Write 185 Mixed 120 SusWrite 143 210% 157 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 9.4 4K Mixed 0.9 364% 4.7 MB/s	DQ Read 0.6 DQ Write 4.4 DQ Mixed 1.3 196% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 95%
WD Elements 25A3 10TB 3,723 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 4TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 107 108 107 106 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 153 Write 168 Mixed 107 SusWrite 108 179% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.2 214% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2C3466C16 2x16GB 1,062 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.1% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 22.6 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.1 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 130%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 139%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING - $365

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	5,522x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	5,260x
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,368x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	1,509x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,322x
RTX 2080Nvidia $407Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	1,133x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,358x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,049x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	806x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	746x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	587x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	525x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,281

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16