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 (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	217% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit kolorów,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171017
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '18 at 04:03
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 way above expectations (87^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 90 1-Core 138 2-Core 269 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 825 84% 680 Pts	64-Core 1,104 68% 1,104 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.8% 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% 434GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 2,027 Write 1,294 Mixed 1,191 332% 1,504 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 22.6 125% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 495 DQ Write 393 DQ Mixed 173 203% 353 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 254%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 238GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 20944 (0C) Power cycle count 89 89 10826 (B1) Unknown 78 78 780 (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 76 60 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 353 (F1) Unknown 99 99 54217310502	87.6% Excellent	Read 505 Write 457 Mixed 485 108% 482 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 15.4 110% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 20.6 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 19.6 61% 121 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 116%
WD WD1501FASS-00U0B 1.5TB 1,224 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 806GB free Firmware: 01.00101 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 40 40 15000 (04) Start/Stop count 75 75 25142 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 28184 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 88 88 12174 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1802 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 166 166 103830 (C2) HDA temperature 115 83 37 (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	75% Very good	Read 145 Write 116 Mixed 119 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.68 4K Mixed 0.43 124% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 82%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 791GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 73 (03) Spinup time 176 176 34377761144 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 15935 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 19865 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 9536 (C0) Power-off retract count 87 87 16117 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 16117 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 171799478297 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 56 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	71.3% Very good	Read 124 Write 124 Mixed 110 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.18 90% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 107%
Seagate ST3750640AS 750GB-$60 7,916 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 263GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 85 114467750 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 73 73 28300 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 696801344 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 31724 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 88 88 13085 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 47 538837024 (C2) HDA temperature 32 53 55834574880 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 69 55 1384191 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	41% Average	Read 70 Write 72.7 Mixed 65.7 52% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.34 79% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 42%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB 7,734 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 6.5TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 196 Write 176 Mixed 125 205% 166 MB/s	4K Read 1.46 4K Write 4.66 4K Mixed 0.6 184% 2.24 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 2,402 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.8% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 22.2 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 23.2 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 96%

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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	7,135x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,254x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	565x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,668x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,210x
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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	499x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	428x

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 $179	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