Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	54% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '18 at 01:33
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 87.8 1-Core 123 2-Core 224 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 770 73% 604 Pts	64-Core 1,053 65% 1,053 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.1% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 86.9 Parallax 110 82% 99.3 fps	MRender 93.4 Gravity 98.1 Splatting 88 76% 93.2 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS2754D117-514 240GB 381 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS211101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 199 149 171 174 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	54% Above average	Read 462 Write 292 Mixed 272 SusWrite 179 67% 302 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 30.7 4K Mixed 21 68% 22.8 MB/s	DQ Read 72.5 DQ Write 70.6 DQ Mixed 72.5 54% 71.9 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 95%
PNY SSD2SC960G1CS2770D117-515 960GB 195 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 75GB free Firmware: CS211101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 285 299 361 381 383 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 469 Write 410 Mixed 298 SusWrite 328 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 31.4 4K Mixed 21.8 71% 23.5 MB/s	DQ Read 70.4 DQ Write 71.3 DQ Mixed 73.3 54% 71.7 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 776GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 193 193 194 193 195 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 154 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 191 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 748GB free Firmware: CC4D SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 188 188 190 191 189 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 120 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 188 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 3 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	40.8% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 11.7 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 13.1 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 101%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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