Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	116% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180301
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '18 at 08:35
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 809 81% 657 Pts	64-Core 1,096 68% 1,096 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6282) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 154 Parallax 130 113% 141 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 134 Splatting 114 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 11,302 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 302GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 395 392 384 396 403 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 479 Mixed 361 SusWrite 395 98% 433 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 52 182% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 280 229% 327 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 118%
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC-WRSN 500GB 3,847 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 251GB free Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 307 297 296 297 294 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 370 Mixed 270 SusWrite 305 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 25.7 139% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 231 198% 291 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 106%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 31GB free Firmware: Z32070RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 99 77 86 83 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 376 Write 124 Mixed 189 SusWrite 89.5 43% 194 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 56.6 4K Mixed 11.8 86% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 91 DQ Mixed 28.9 45% 85.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 3 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.4% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15.1 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 17.9 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 104%

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

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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	7,117x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,240x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	565x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,663x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,205x
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	425x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 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: 77% - Very good

Total price: $979

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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