Asus ROG STRIX Z390-I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 110% UFO	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	85.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	353% 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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Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z390-I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190311
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '19 at 10:06
Run Duration	277 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th 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 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 162 2-Core 325 106% 195 Pts	4-Core 636 8-Core 934 98% 785 Pts	64-Core 949 59% 949 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 859D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 116 Parallax 106 87% 110 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 100 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 862GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2445 2234 1532 1519 1515 1517 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	358% Outstanding	Read 2,534 Write 2449 Mixed 1,618 SusWrite 1,794 471% 2,099 MB/s	4K Read 64.2 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 91.5 300% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,240 DQ Write 1,181 DQ Mixed 1177 893% 1,199 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 358% Great: 410%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 892GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2456 2216 1496 1484 1494 1032 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	353% Outstanding	Read 2,547 Write 2,409 Mixed 1,541 SusWrite 1,696 459% 2,048 MB/s	4K Read 65 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 91.1 301% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,240 DQ Write 1,162 DQ Mixed 1,176 890% 1,193 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 353% Great: 410%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 228GB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 122 124 125 120 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 123 Write 120 Mixed 59.1 SusWrite 121 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 75%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 41GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 73 74 74 74 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 82.7 Write 91.7 Mixed 65 SusWrite 73.3 58% 78.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 173% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3466 C16 2x8GB 1,481 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3466 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	MC Read 45.5 MC Write 46.5 MC Mixed 31.9 118% 41.3 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 47.8 SC Mixed 34.2 101% 35.4 GB/s	Latency 47.2 85% 47.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 118%

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Gaming 150%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 138%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z390-I GAMING - $280

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	554x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	527x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	260x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	153x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	125x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	114x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	176x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	128x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	86x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $80Bench 88%, 110,884 samples	93x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	86x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	75x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,143

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