Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	264% 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	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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170831
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 12:15
Run Duration	348 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 585 8-Core 965 95% 775 Pts	64-Core 1,226 76% 1,226 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 100%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 432GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 2,260 Write 1,414 Mixed 1,250 362% 1,641 MB/s	4K Read 52.4 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 46.7 210% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 620 DQ Write 468 DQ Mixed 92 192% 393 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 186GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12302 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 182 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 50 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 46 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13685296126	118% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 413 Mixed 424 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 50.3 189% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 127 149% 259 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 66GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 10052 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 124 (B1) Unknown 89 89 55 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 51 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 71 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33098801256	85.2% Excellent	Read 487 Write 268 Mixed 278 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 70.8 4K Mixed 24.3 130% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 64.4 98% 190 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 123%
Corsair Force 3 240GB-$232 6,637 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 21GB free Firmware: 5.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2676666 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 93518617938870 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 993 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 361 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 358 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2676666 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 8 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2676666 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2676666 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 22401 (EA) Unknown 0 0 29469 (F1) Unknown 0 0 29469 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16371	60.4% Good	Read 193 Write 230 Mixed 145 42% 189 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 14.2 106% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 47.5 73% 138 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 67%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 26GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Read 22.1 Write 3.26 Mixed 7.57 11% 11 MB/s	4K Read 5.03 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 1.4 130% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR32GX4M4C3000C15 4x8GB 3,965 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.2% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.7 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 24.1 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 119%

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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 $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