Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.58% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	127% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '18 at 05:46
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8500-$167 43,089 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 131 2-Core 262 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 770 79% 636 Pts	64-Core 767 48% 767 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6291 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.58% Terrible	Lighting 7.83 Reflection 11.4 Parallax 7.91 6% 9.05 fps	MRender 12.3 Gravity 7 Splatting 15.6 10% 11.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.58% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 250GB 26,055 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 479 351 299 299 299 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 462 Mixed 432 SusWrite 365 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 64.6 219% 76.8 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 362 273% 366 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 126%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 816GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 480 479 479 483 482 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 462 Mixed 388 SusWrite 479 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 63.9 218% 77.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 923GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 112 117 117 120 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 116 Write 21.3 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 117 58% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 2.8 580% 3.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 70%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 916GB free Firmware: JA0OA7J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 57 57 58 57 57 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 73.2 Write 72.5 Mixed 30 SusWrite 57.2 42% 58.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB-$90 9,857 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3007 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 32.2 106% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 28.6 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 53 76% 53 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 98%

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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