Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	121% 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	209% 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	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	9.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 12:22
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 88 1-Core 132 2-Core 257 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 826 82% 671 Pts	64-Core 1,061 66% 1,061 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 182 Parallax 184 137% 178 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 162 Splatting 113 106% 131 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 223GB free Firmware: 507KC4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4407848 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 38268158635561 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1177 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 150 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 43 73017262108 (C2) HDA temperature 28 43 73017262108 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4407848 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4407848 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4407848 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 91 91 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 40511 (EA) Unknown 0 0 19168 (F1) Unknown 0 0 19168 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12627
Poor: 57% Great: 87%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 223GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -79276505419149 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1880 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 727 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 117 117 147112966 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 727 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 81322 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 81322 (F2) Unknown 100 100 156423 (F9) Unknown 100 100 2924
Poor: 57% Great: 88%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 1,544 Write 1,076 Mixed 1,080 273% 1,233 MB/s	4K Read 54.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 49.4 206% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 499 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 178 199% 342 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 236%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 110GB free Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 100 72 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 581 (A6) Unknown 100 100 73 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 125 (A9) Unknown 100 100 29 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 112 (AE) Unknown 100 100 111 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 100 240518168609 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 27150 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1315 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2602	84.5% Excellent	Read 508 Write 413 Mixed 448 102% 456 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 5.48 102% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 24.4 81% 174 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 86%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 65GB free Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 100 336 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 581 (A6) Unknown 100 100 89 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 139 (A9) Unknown 100 100 34 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 125 (AE) Unknown 100 100 121 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 100 261993005089 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 25547 (F1) Unknown 253 253 17659 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6430	85.2% Excellent	Read 503 Write 413 Mixed 443 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 5.32 107% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 30.9 82% 169 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 86%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 165 5675 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 23 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3784 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 23 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1187 (C2) HDA temperature 122 99 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	92.2% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 167 Mixed 155 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 2.78 4K Mixed 0.28 125% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 96%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 491GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2300 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 117 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16564 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 105 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 100 (C2) HDA temperature 114 91 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	93.5% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 140 Mixed 150 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.27 114% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$170 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	81% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 25 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 25.8 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 89%

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Gaming 111%

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Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	7,126x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,252x
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	1,206x
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 $92Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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