Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% 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	204% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '18 at 00:04
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing below expectations (32^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 86.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 246 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 785 75% 618 Pts	64-Core 1039 64% 1039 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 190 Parallax 167 137% 175 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 167 Splatting 116 109% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 403GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	204% Outstanding	Read 1,498 Write 1,276 Mixed 1,392 310% 1,389 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 32.3 166% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 397 DQ Mixed 30.8 121% 267 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 204% Great: 353%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 39GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4841 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 808 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 15 (AE) Unknown 100 100 72 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 56 188979150876 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 12337427387 (F7) Unknown 100 100 385655351 (F8) Unknown 100 100 216280213 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3579 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	72.6% Very good	Read 470 Write 301 Mixed 334 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 67.1 4K Mixed 24.2 100% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 23.5 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 44.6 55% 91.2 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 104%
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$140 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 22GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 109727825381482 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1537 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1305 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1305 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 319139 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 60 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 319139 (F2) Unknown 100 100 482389 (F9) Unknown 100 100 9589	72.5% Very good	Read 471 Write 172 Mixed 253 65% 299 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 17 115% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 72.4 95% 174 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 594GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 88525584 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4495 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30229910 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9151 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1578 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 75 59 488046617 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 196 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 57 57 87094 (C2) HDA temperature 25 41 38654705689 (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 32826435046640 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10449092101 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8344991570	94.4% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 165 Mixed 154 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.27 71% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	69.5% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 21.8 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 21.6 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 120%

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Gaming 111%

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 102%

UFO

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