Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	37.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	59.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170831
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '18 at 08:31
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	QAT-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8500-$173 43,089 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 90.8 1-Core 124 2-Core 243 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 736 76% 614 Pts	64-Core 737 46% 737 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3794) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 86% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB-$94 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 146GB free Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 256 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 112 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3997738 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 39 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 472 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 42 180390133790 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 51539607564 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 413 (EA) Unknown 100 100 467 (F1) Unknown 253 253 445 (F2) Unknown 253 253 173 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	74% Very good	Read 495 Write 261 Mixed 278 76% 345 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 36.9 4K Mixed 20.9 89% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 44.6 91% 187 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 107%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 65GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1542 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 410 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (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 70 53 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 27 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1411157531	107% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 404 Mixed 416 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 41.3 161% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 121 135% 231 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 115%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71B1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 321 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 147 (94) Unknown 255 255 0 (95) Unknown 255 255 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 11 (AA) Unknown 100 100 10 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 852000 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 255 255 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C2) HDA temperature 65 61 167504642083 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3568 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1968 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2664 (F4) Unknown 100 100 13 (F5) Unknown 100 100 32 (F6) Unknown 100 100 135620	37.5% Below average	Read 310 Write 103 Mixed 32 32% 148 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 52.5 4K Mixed 0.3 56% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 56.1 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 0.21 24% 57.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 100%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 165GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 10 (03) Spinup time 158 155 5083 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2589 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9840 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2258 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 369 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2589 (C2) HDA temperature 109 90 38 (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	49.5% Average	Read 89.3 Write 82.9 Mixed 88.7 66% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.3 89% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 4x16GB 2,431 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 27.4 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 33.5 SC Mixed 26 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 122%

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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	7,127x
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	1,207x
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	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