Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 121% UFO


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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	124% 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	159% 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	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180518
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '18 at 10:15
Run Duration	332 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 159 2-Core 316 103% 189 Pts	4-Core 628 8-Core 963 98% 795 Pts	64-Core 1,312 81% 1,312 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 105% 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 below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 186 Parallax 167 142% 176 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 166 Splatting 114 108% 133 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 353GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 1,934 Write 542 Mixed 840 240% 1,105 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 78.9 4K Mixed 32 128% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 90.3 101% 173 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 254%
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 196GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13836 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 235 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 61 (C2) HDA temperature 67 50 214749806625 (F1) Unknown 100 100 143446	77.5% Very good	Read 516 Write 351 Mixed 354 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 61 4K Mixed 9.95 90% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 46 83% 166 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 101%
WD WD20EARS-00MVWB0 4TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 66 62401236 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 8 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 85670 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11879879540742 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (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 68 68 538968096 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 66 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 98784247840 (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 118287694299139 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6722263 (F2) Unknown 100 253 55678973	97.1% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 181 Mixed 120 114% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.27 93% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 97%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 145 145 21500854665 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 336 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12019 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 211 (C0) Power-off retract count 89 89 13353 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 13353 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 206159937570 (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	76.5% Very good	Read 142 Write 125 Mixed 122 97% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.17 72% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 108%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 4GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID c753 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	5% Terrible	Read 16.5 Write 4.74 Mixed 6.24 10% 9.17 MB/s	4K Read 6.57 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.006 25% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2666 C18 2x8GB 2,465 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.5% Very good	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 21.1 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 23.6 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 96%

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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