Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.8% 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	104% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	53 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180427
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '18 at 07:55
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 85.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 271 90% 164 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 823 84% 676 Pts	64-Core 1,058 65% 1,058 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.8% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 109 Parallax 98.8 82% 103 fps	MRender 91 Gravity 93.7 Splatting 88.7 74% 91.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT1000MX500SSD4 1TB 26,659 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 645GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 369 414 424 409 399 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 417 Mixed 402 SusWrite 387 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 50.6 144% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 282 227% 322 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 123%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 931GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 442 414 393 393 394 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 471 Mixed 404 SusWrite 412 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 55.8 178% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 248 216% 321 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 126%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 244GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 436 385 230 147 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 458 Mixed 358 SusWrite 292 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 85.7 4K Mixed 43.3 157% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 227 206% 313 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 126%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 143 143 145 148 141 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 15 Write 42 Mixed 63.2 SusWrite 135 47% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.9 199% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 100%
Covecube Virtual Disk 2TB 1,262 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 8TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.1 0.6 1 0.6 1.1 2.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Read 62 Write 61.2 Mixed 51.8 SusWrite 1.1 33% 44 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 86% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 105%
HGST HDS 5C4040ALE630 4TB 1.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 82 92 99 100 102 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.2% Below average	Read 82.7 Write 72 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 95.8 91% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 77% 0.9 MB/s

HGST HDS 5C4040ALE630 4TB 1.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.7 0.7 1.2 0.5 1.2 0.7 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	10.5% Very poor	Read 59.8 Write 59.5 Mixed 30 SusWrite 1 46% 37.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 36% 0.47 MB/s

HGST HUH 728080ALE600 8TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 3.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.5 0.7 1.1 0.6 1.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	10.5% Very poor	Read 59.8 Write 60.2 Mixed 58 SusWrite 0.9 58% 44.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 36% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.5% Great: 51%
WDC WD30 EFRX-68EUZN0 3TB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 80 90 98 98 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 96.2 Write 100 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 94.1 127% 93 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 98% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB 971 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.9% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 22.2 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 21.1 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 156%

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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 $198Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	7,113x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,240x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	564x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,663x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,203x
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 $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	497x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	425x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $56Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	562x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	511x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	472x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $1,006

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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