Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	63.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	112% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170831
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '17 at 13:11
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 98 1-Core 160 2-Core 318 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 593 8-Core 971 96% 782 Pts	64-Core 1,334 83% 1,334 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 104% 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 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Lighting 79.9 Reflection 80.5 Parallax 69.6 65% 76.6 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 72.8 Splatting 73.9 60% 73 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 340GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 3246 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2319 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 54 (A8) Unknown 100 100 82 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1082 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 13 (AE) Unknown 100 100 78 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 37 158914838558 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 43 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7491 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4138 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8460 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	112% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 496 Mixed 458 109% 490 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 31 153% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 64.2 125% 251 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 114%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 55GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 28441273443837 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4063 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 696 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 30 128850985088 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6097 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5178 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5178 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14476	48.1% Average	Read 181 Write 90.7 Mixed 114 28% 129 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 10.5 106% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 26.9 46% 91 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 61%
Maxtor 6V250F0 251GB 1,385 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 233GB free Firmware: VA111630 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 188 187 19805 (04) Start/Stop count 247 247 11927 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 246 234 54574 (09) Power-on hours count 229 229 8379 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 233 233 8272 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 40 471597084 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 253 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 971 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 199 0 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 252 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 1 0	38.6% Below average	Read 64.4 Write 69.6 Mixed 65.4 50% 66.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.63 4K Mixed 0.4 118% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 39%
Maxtor 6V250F0 251GB 1,385 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 199GB free Firmware: VA111630 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 189 188 23860 (04) Start/Stop count 247 247 12695 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 249 234 33118 (09) Power-on hours count 233 233 7239 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 233 233 8259 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 45 471597084 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 253 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 879 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 199 0 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 3 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 252 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 1 0	37.2% Below average	Read 60.7 Write 68.4 Mixed 71.2 50% 66.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.69 4K Mixed 0.47 129% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB 273 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 42.1 MC Write 43.6 MC Mixed 29.5 110% 38.4 GB/s	SC Read 25.4 SC Write 46.9 SC Mixed 35.3 102% 35.9 GB/s	Latency 46.2 87% 46.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 118%

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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 $279	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