Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 99.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	240% 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.

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Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200921
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '20 at 04:19
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 145 2-Core 282 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 558 8-Core 845 87% 702 Pts	64-Core 1,117 69% 1,117 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3716) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Lighting 76.3 Reflection 76.2 Parallax 71.3 62% 74.6 fps	MRender 66.1 Gravity 75.6 Splatting 71.7 58% 71.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1086 1050 1180 1123 1070 1000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 1,921 Write 1,522 Mixed 1,004 SusWrite 1,085 309% 1,383 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 52.8 174% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1047 DQ Write 897 DQ Mixed 972 728% 972 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 393%
Samsung MZVLB256HAHQ-000H1 256GB 20,171 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 106GB free Firmware: EXD70H1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 1184 269 269 270 270 276 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 1,888 Write 1,292 Mixed 965 SusWrite 423 253% 1,142 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 59.8 216% 77.1 MB/s	DQ Read 971 DQ Write 1,138 DQ Mixed 1,013 775% 1,041 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 235%
MK1200GEYKF 1TB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 284GB free Firmware: 4IWTHPG1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 402 400 398 405 412 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 315 Write 397 Mixed 284 SusWrite 404 79% 350 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 69.7 4K Mixed 34.4 120% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 283 214% 289 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 105%
HP 785GB MLC PCIe ioDrive2 for ProLiant Servers 785GB 572GB free Firmware: 7.1.15 rev 110356 Public Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 546 542 534 541 556 572 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$78 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 25.6 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 37.8 SC Mixed 27.6 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 107%

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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 - $193

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	5,478x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	5,219x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,363x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	1,503x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,315x
RTX 2080Nvidia $407Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	1,121x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,345x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,040x
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 $127Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	583x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	522x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,095

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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