Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	31.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	231% 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

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180914
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '18 at 12:27
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 275 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 558 8-Core 892 89% 725 Pts	64-Core 1,168 72% 1,168 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Nvidia(10DE 11BF) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	Lighting 39.3 Reflection 30.8 Parallax 37 32% 35.7 fps	MRender 37.8 Gravity 37 Splatting 34.9 30% 36.6 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 578 325 332 327 332 332 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 2,486 Write 1,468 Mixed 1,295 SusWrite 371 310% 1,405 MB/s	4K Read 61.6 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 81.8 273% 95 MB/s	DQ Read 872 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 871 554% 648 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 280%
Intel Optane+3.6TBHDD 19 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 673GB free Firmware: 16.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 133 138 138 166 160 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 72% Great: 120%
Seagate ST2000LM015-2E8174 2TB 39,476 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 759GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 80 85 81 74 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Read 49.3 Write 61.2 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 80.8 45% 60.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.8 232% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 70%
Seagate SkyHawk 4TB (2016)-$90 7,966 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3.5TB free Firmware: CV11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 173 177 176 179 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 150 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 176 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3156 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 26.9 97% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 32 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 107%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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