Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

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

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '18 at 16:12
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$125 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 158 2-Core 316 103% 189 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 791 82% 660 Pts	64-Core 852 53% 852 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3730) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.1% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 123 Parallax 113 99% 119 fps	MRender 91.4 Gravity 113 Splatting 102 84% 102 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,639 Write 1233 Mixed 266 229% 1,046 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 41.1 169% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,012 DQ Write 1,020 DQ Mixed 867 692% 966 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 22GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 124 136 137 139 137 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 370 Write 150 Mixed 201 SusWrite 134 47% 214 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 88.1 4K Mixed 34.7 133% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 161 124% 169 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 168 175 175 171 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 96 Write 124 Mixed 76 SusWrite 170 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 76% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB-$73 54,616 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 3 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 14.6 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 12.7 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 129%

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

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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 $179Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	7,196x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,264x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	570x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,683x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,221x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	657x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	540x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	502x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	436x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	566x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	513x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	474x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $972

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16