Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '19 at 20:58
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^th 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 222 88% 151 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 790 77% 633 Pts	64-Core 1,072 66% 1,072 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.7% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 115 Parallax 93.8 91% 107 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 116 Splatting 93.8 84% 103 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,322 Write 1,222 Mixed 1,250 351% 1598 MB/s	4K Read 56.8 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 72.8 250% 87.4 MB/s	DQ Read 975 DQ Write 910 DQ Mixed 930 701% 938 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 164 163 163 163 163 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Read 135 Write 122 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 163 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$127 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 28.3 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 38 SC Mixed 27.5 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 120%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 150%

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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	5,479x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	5,219x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,364x

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	1,122x

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