Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	59.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	277% 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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '18 at 06:23
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 138 2-Core 277 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 909 88% 723 Pts	64-Core 1,129 70% 1,129 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 8C94) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.4% Above average	Lighting 74 Reflection 78.1 Parallax 66.2 60% 72.8 fps	MRender 69.8 Gravity 68.3 Splatting 72.3 58% 70.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 60%
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4849 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.82% Terrible	Lighting 8.2 Reflection 11.6 Parallax 8.19 7% 9.32 fps	MRender 11.7 Gravity 7.4 Splatting 16.1 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.82% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 379GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 55 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 34 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 67 62 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 244793068	107% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 404 Mixed 413 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 39.4 170% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 124 128% 208 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 273GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	277% Outstanding	Read 2,754 Write 1,430 Mixed 1,454 413% 1,879 MB/s	4K Read 56.4 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 34.3 204% 77.1 MB/s	DQ Read 502 DQ Write 425 DQ Mixed 188 216% 371 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 277% Great: 254%
WD My Book 500GB 375 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 259GB free, PID null Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 37 Write 36.1 Mixed 22.4 40% 31.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.38 85% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$169 2,908 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	77.7% Very good	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 21.5 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 24.6 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 89%

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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 $95Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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