Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	178% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '17 at 15:04
Run Duration	269 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 152 2-Core 306 101% 185 Pts	4-Core 608 8-Core 883 93% 745 Pts	64-Core 868 54% 868 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85E9) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 150 Parallax 142 113% 143 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 131 Splatting 108 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% 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% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 1,915 Write 1,051 Mixed 1,132 301% 1,366 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 56.5 4K Mixed 23.9 108% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 44 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 190 120% 132 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 696GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 132689970 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 36 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2103431 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 166 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 35 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 69 437256218 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 36 (C2) HDA temperature 26 16 68719476762 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 132689970 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -95292439396186 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1062174826 (F2) Unknown 100 253 868748754	103% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 179 Mixed 155 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.29 105% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB-$28 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 23GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 243 Write 83.9 Mixed 72.1 137% 133 MB/s	4K Read 9.29 4K Write 8.65 4K Mixed 3.86 460% 7.27 MB/s	DQ Read 10.1 DQ Write 8.71 DQ Mixed 4.27 479% 7.7 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 93%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 10GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	9.56% Terrible	Read 42.6 Write 6.97 Mixed 8.69 18% 19.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.18 4K Write 0.05 4K Mixed 0.05 30% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.56% Great: 23%

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 3 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.7% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 17.4 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 20 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 107%

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

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Gaming 111%

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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	7,128x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,253x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	565x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,667x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,208x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	499x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	427x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	563x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	511x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	473x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $979

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