Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 141% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 134% UFO


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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	131% 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	140% 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	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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '18 at 01:04
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 164 2-Core 328 106% 196 Pts	4-Core 643 8-Core 1,064 104% 854 Pts	64-Core 1,357 84% 1,357 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 203 Parallax 183 149% 189 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 184 Splatting 130 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)-$154 14,088 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 360GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 1,400 Write 511 Mixed 582 181% 831 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 89.9 4K Mixed 12.9 125% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 457 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 46.6 129% 277 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 155%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2GB free Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^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 10726 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1692 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 171 (AE) Unknown 100 100 111 (B5) Unknown 100 100 16183583966705 (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 80 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	63.8% Good	Read 480 Write 189 Mixed 276 69% 315 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 6.56 102% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 7.63 34% 76.8 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 582GB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 76 89278792 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4206 (05) Reallocated sector count 54 52 60680 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 7115069 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7068 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1266 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 7907 (BC) Unknown 100 99 34360262665 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 522125343 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 372 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21346 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 55834574879 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 1 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 1 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 136180528056467 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11126220002645 (F2) Unknown 100 253 110567219636195	50.9% Above average	Read 39.7 Write 138 Mixed 107 72% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.21 58% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 112%
WD WD2500KS-00MJB0 250GB-$78 8,440 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 197GB free Firmware: 02.01C03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 204 177 4783 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9919 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 39540 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2695 (BE) vendor-specific 64 45 36 (C2) HDA temperature 114 95 36 (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 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 196 0	18.9% Very poor	Read 32 Write 33.5 Mixed 31.7 24% 32.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.37 85% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$60 17,279 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2747 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 23.3 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 34.3 SC Mixed 28.1 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 111%

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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	7,128x
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