Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% 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	129% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). 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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180927
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '18 at 12:41
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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-$172 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)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 775 80% 647 Pts	64-Core 770 48% 770 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$396 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 865F) CLim: 2310 MHz, MLim: 3850 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 172 Parallax 171 149% 175 fps	MRender 191 Gravity 148 Splatting 114 119% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 250GB 26,055 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 480 381 295 297 298 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 479 Mixed 448 SusWrite 365 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 50.5 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 65.9 223% 77.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 126%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 748GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 481 480 478 485 486 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 454 Mixed 414 SusWrite 475 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 66.8 223% 78.7 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 344 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: 123 132 126 127 130 131 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 20% Great: 70%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 875GB free Firmware: JA0OA7J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 54 53 53 54 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	30.2% Below average	Read 52.2 Write 47.5 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 52.9 32% 43.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 30.2% 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 (98^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 39.8 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 32.9 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 42 SC Mixed 30.9 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 98%

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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	7,127x
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	1,207x
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	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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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