Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	234% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	21 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '18 at 03:59
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 96 1-Core 140 2-Core 277 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 331 8-Core 336 44% 334 Pts	64-Core 337 21% 337 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3792) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 1949 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.2% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 136 Parallax 119 90% 121 fps	MRender 95.9 Gravity 107 Splatting 108 85% 104 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 1,644 Write 1,146 Mixed 1,120 289% 1,303 MB/s	4K Read 60.7 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 43.4 216% 78 MB/s	DQ Read 1,010 DQ Write 532 DQ Mixed 274 336% 605 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 100 57888168 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 150 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 37167 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 583 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 106 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 54 504758302 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5045 (C2) HDA temperature 30 46 94489280542 (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 5927054868740 (F1) Unknown 100 253 126012188 (F2) Unknown 100 253 36774667	95.7% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 157 Mixed 154 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.25 94% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 350GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 99 5959584 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3548 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 67322875 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 32074 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 780 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 93 4295426206 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 54 504889374 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 313 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 27210 (C2) HDA temperature 30 46 34359738398 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -99531572095368 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32339856044 (F2) Unknown 100 253 43287771135	73.2% Very good	Read 120 Write 134 Mixed 123 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 5.32 4K Mixed 0.45 169% 2.09 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 108%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 271GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 135 118 6225 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3463 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15738 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1284 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 191 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 179 179 64266 (C2) HDA temperature 115 94 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 194 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 195 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 195 0	47.8% Average	Read 89.4 Write 77 Mixed 69.9 59% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.16 59% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 57%
USB3.0 FLASH DRIVE 16GB 885 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 14GB free, PID b128 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	Read 144 Write 20.5 Mixed 31.2 59% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.81 137% 7.53 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS824A.C8FBR1 Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2870, 2870, 2870 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 30.9 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 29.8 87% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 98%

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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	7,128x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,253x
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	1,208x
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 $90Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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