Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	42.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	120% 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180927
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '18 at 06:26
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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-$170 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)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 693 74% 588 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 865F) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.8% Average	Lighting 26.7 Reflection 30.8 Parallax 25 22% 27.5 fps	MRender 178 Gravity 26.7 Splatting 106 84% 104 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 250GB 26,055 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 448 376 296 298 296 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 463 Mixed 434 SusWrite 359 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 60.6 199% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 362 273% 366 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 126%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 794GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 448 458 466 480 470 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 456 Mixed 400 SusWrite 460 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 60.8 198% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 923GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 120 130 128 129 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 105 Write 106 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 123 71% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 1.8 388% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 70%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 915GB free Firmware: JA0OA7J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 57 57 57 57 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	38.5% Below average	Read 77 Write 75 Mixed 29 SusWrite 57 43% 59.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 38.5% 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 @ 3280 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 41 MC Write 43.1 MC Mixed 34.7 113% 39.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 43.2 SC Mixed 30.2 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 110% 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