Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	65.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.8% 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	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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 21 '18 at 05:05
Run Duration	404 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 156 2-Core 303 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 621 8-Core 1,002 100% 812 Pts	64-Core 1,297 80% 1,297 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Lighting 82.5 Reflection 82.5 Parallax 70.4 67% 78.5 fps	MRender 74.6 Gravity 75.3 Splatting 77.5 62% 75.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 197GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 2,339 Write 1,227 Mixed 1,200 349% 1,589 MB/s	4K Read 56.7 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 44 206% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 58.9 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 192 132% 156 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 236%
Kingston RBUSNS8154P3128GJ 128GB 18,233 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 119GB free Firmware: E8FK11.C Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 1,417 Write 466 Mixed 667 185% 850 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 34.3 168% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 441 DQ Mixed 106 159% 295 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 115%
SanDisk Extreme II 240GB-$110 3,009 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 11563 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2530 (A6) Unknown 100 100 137 (A7) Unknown 100 100 31 (A8) Unknown 100 100 377 (A9) Unknown 100 100 456 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 242 (AE) Unknown 100 100 323 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 50 214749347870 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2054 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 62063 (F1) Unknown 253 253 26865 (F2) Unknown 253 253 33230 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	84.8% Excellent	Read 475 Write 282 Mixed 321 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 27.5 141% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 35.9 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 47.9 68% 119 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 153376104 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2815 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13109882 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6253 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 407 (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 72 52 471531548 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19393 (C2) HDA temperature 28 48 73014444060 (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 121375775787189 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7912522919 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15054372455	106% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 167 Mixed 171 135% 180 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.22 92% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%
JetFlash TS4GJFV30 4GB 222 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 0GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	5.08% Terrible	Read 13.7 Write 5.88 Mixed 0.99 7% 6.85 MB/s	4K Read 7.43 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 29% 2.49 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.08% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 28.4 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 30.9 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 105%

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Gaming 111%

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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	7,123x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,250x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	565x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,666x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,206x
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	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