Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	63.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '18 at 21:12
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 140 2-Core 273 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 583 8-Core 965 94% 774 Pts	64-Core 1,244 77% 1,244 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Lighting 80.4 Reflection 79 Parallax 67.5 66% 75.6 fps	MRender 69.4 Gravity 71.1 Splatting 72.7 58% 71 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 20,095 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 238GB free Firmware: 001C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 2,237 Write 786 Mixed 1,155 304% 1,393 MB/s	4K Read 59.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 29.2 181% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 62.8 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 29.6 39% 68.8 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 244%
Intel 540s Series 240GB 7,812 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSF036C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 115 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 318 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 52 (AA) Unknown 97 97 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 46 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 11 (BE) vendor-specific 35 44 115967000611 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 46 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 131272 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 96 96 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 131272 (F2) Unknown 100 100 275264 (F9) Unknown 100 100 2560 (FC) Unknown 100 100 11	77.1% Very good	Read 520 Write 474 Mixed 384 102% 459 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 52.6 4K Mixed 15.5 84% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 27.4 DQ Write 88.7 DQ Mixed 18.7 26% 44.9 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 868GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 139638248 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4861 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 707452 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27188 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 213 (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 71 62 488112157 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 102 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 54006 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 55834574877 (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 -51539606831 (F1) Unknown 100 253 518992388167 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13895061983	78.3% Very good	Read 138 Write 136 Mixed 110 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.38 104% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 3 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.7% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 12.4 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 15.8 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 88%

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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	7,119x
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	1,664x
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 $127Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	473x

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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