Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	22.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	93.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171019
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '18 at 00:00
Run Duration	442 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (61^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 244 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 834 80% 658 Pts	64-Core 1,094 68% 1,094 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 734 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	22.6% Poor	Lighting 28.4 Reflection 28.2 Parallax 26 23% 27.5 fps	MRender 33.5 Gravity 26 Splatting 21.5 22% 27 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17995 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2621 (B1) Unknown 87 87 460 (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 59 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 89 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30393391033	93.2% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 336 Mixed 385 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 23 130% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 57.8 114% 230 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 110%
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 27GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 80255759796883 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2501 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2501 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2501 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 209057 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 66 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 209057 (F2) Unknown 100 100 422532 (F9) Unknown 100 100 6122	79.6% Very good	Read 492 Write 198 Mixed 281 71% 324 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 19.8 129% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 69.5 96% 178 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 88%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 425GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 166 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4583 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8423 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1501 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4540 (C2) HDA temperature 108 106 35 (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	83.1% Excellent	Read 151 Write 139 Mixed 127 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.32 94% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 108%
WD WD5000LPLX-00ZNTT0 500GB 28,774 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 224GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 148 146 1600 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4117 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5240 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1041 (BF) G-sense error rate 95 95 5 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11781 (C2) HDA temperature 114 91 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 79 (F1) Unknown 200 200 1134983621 (F2) Unknown 200 200 1100692457 (FE) Unknown 199 199 1	55.8% Above average	Read 133 Write 61.6 Mixed 94 72% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.14 50% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 82%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 16GB 16,813 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 10GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	5.92% Terrible	Read 28 Write 2.92 Mixed 4.95 10% 12 MB/s	4K Read 4.97 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 19% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.92% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB 35,395 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 26.8 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 28.5 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 112%

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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 $127Bench 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