Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	216% 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

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Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170831
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '17 at 05:08
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 258 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 800 78% 638 Pts	64-Core 982 61% 982 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.7% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 122 Parallax 91.2 86% 106 fps	MRender 81.7 Gravity 109 Splatting 88.8 76% 93.2 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 2,339 Write 1,011 Mixed 1,116 326% 1,489 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 24.8 141% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 481 DQ Write 387 DQ Mixed 28.3 132% 299 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 236%
Toshiba HG6 128GB 5,641 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 119GB free Firmware: JURA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11881 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1774 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 177 177 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 784 (C2) HDA temperature 64 60 171799937060 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	108% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 482 Mixed 505 112% 502 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 41 136% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 201 187% 288 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 104%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$23 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 135 3933 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3369 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11756 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1118 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 107 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3261 (C2) HDA temperature 110 104 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	82.1% Excellent	Read 136 Write 150 Mixed 129 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.26 109% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2733 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 33 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 23.3 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 26.5 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 107%

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING - $210

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	7,117x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,240x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	565x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,663x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,205x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	654x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	537x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	499x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	425x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	562x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	511x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	472x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $979

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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