Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	88.2% 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	77.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '18 at 20:17
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 140 2-Core 279 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 561 8-Core 852 88% 706 Pts	64-Core 860 53% 860 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 119 Parallax 102 90% 110 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 103 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 120GB-$60 4,424 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 59 74 69 47 35 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 519 Write 93 Mixed 215 SusWrite 62.1 48% 222 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 39.4 138% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 109 114% 192 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 76%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 200GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 477 489 492 406 467 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 481 Mixed 396 SusWrite 468 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 68.2 235% 85.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 875GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 204 208 204 204 206 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 174 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 204 121% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 112%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 801GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 125 128 128 127 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 97.3 Write 114 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 126 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 206% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 63%
USB Flash Memory 2GB 447 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.4 7.9 7.9 8.1 8 8 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	6.64% Terrible	Read 16.5 Write 7 Mixed 6.5 SusWrite 7.9 11% 9.48 MB/s	4K Read 10.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 40% 3.57 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.64% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 30,943 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.2 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 17.6 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 53 75% 53 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 103%

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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