Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 98.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	100% 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	80% 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	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180301
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '18 at 06:59
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 139 2-Core 275 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 870 87% 708 Pts	64-Core 1,128 70% 1,128 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85E9) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 145 Parallax 124 104% 132 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 128 Splatting 104 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR010 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^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 100 100 117 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 222 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 17 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (B4) Unknown 0 0 29 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 49 219043332137 (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 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2453928498 (F7) Unknown 100 100 43208903 (F8) Unknown 100 100 27000206	80% Very good	Read 515 Write 384 Mixed 399 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 66.6 4K Mixed 24.8 108% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 43.6 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 26.3 33% 57.3 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 135525064 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 365 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 12938502 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 30915174596992 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 222 (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 73 59 454623259 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 500 (C2) HDA temperature 27 41 77309411355 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 81 64 135525064 (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 -26684631809700 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5553022495 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2940352332	57.6% Above average	Read 116 Write 83 Mixed 55.7 63% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.44 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.38 264% 2.68 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 90%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 930GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 159 156 7008 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4991 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 26134 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2462 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 236 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3125 (C2) HDA temperature 123 92 27 (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 1	52.5% Above average	Read 97.7 Write 85 Mixed 78 65% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.38 102% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 51%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 87GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 125 114 6725 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3326 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28640 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1707 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 988 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 172 172 85378 (C2) HDA temperature 119 83 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 46 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 37 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 94	30.6% Below average	Read 56.1 Write 50.3 Mixed 58.3 42% 54.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.13 60% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 59%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 38GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 96 (03) Spinup time 121 121 25790251322 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4026 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5691 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3736 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 4922 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 4922 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 296353595421 (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 200 200 0	58.8% Above average	Read 103 Write 102 Mixed 95.2 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.31 79% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 13,788 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 21.5 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 25.1 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 94%

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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	1,252x
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 $92Bench 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 $40	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