Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	106% 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	270% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '18 at 00:20
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 164 2-Core 329 107% 196 Pts	4-Core 627 8-Core 1,087 104% 857 Pts	64-Core 1,326 82% 1,326 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 149 Parallax 129 112% 139 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 134 Splatting 110 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 859GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1240 1322 1331 1227 1175 1173 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	270% Outstanding	Read 1,434 Write 1,265 Mixed 1,194 SusWrite 1,245 289% 1,284 MB/s	4K Read 64.5 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 88.5 292% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,084 DQ Write 977 DQ Mixed 1,030 773% 1,031 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 270% Great: 372%
Intel Optane+932G 1TB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 931GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 486 488 489 489 489 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 464 Mixed 448 SusWrite 485 107% 473 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 61.2 208% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 272% 365 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 94%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 466GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 409 411 412 412 411 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 404 Write 400 Mixed 364 SusWrite 409 89% 394 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 39.1 4K Mixed 28.1 92% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 160 117% 154 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 97%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0911 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 185 182 184 178 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 127 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 182 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3193 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 36.2 MC Mixed 26.8 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.3 SC Write 41.5 SC Mixed 31.7 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 110%

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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	7,128x
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