Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 97.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	250% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '18 at 14:01
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 148 2-Core 290 99% 178 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 868 86% 700 Pts	64-Core 1,103 68% 1,103 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 112 Parallax 106 85% 108 fps	MRender 96.2 Gravity 95.9 Splatting 94.9 78% 95.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 978 870 831 792 763 728 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 1,383 Write 1,205 Mixed 991 SusWrite 827 247% 1,102 MB/s	4K Read 56 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 77.5 273% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 1,456 DQ Write 1,268 DQ Mixed 1312 997% 1,346 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 393%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 1GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 476 Write 458 Mixed 387 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 60.6 207% 74.3 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 138GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 303 214 186 185 194 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 424 Write 438 Mixed 316 SusWrite 249 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 41.7 155% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 140 137% 210 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 107%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 227GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 75 77 77 77 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 63 Write 65.5 Mixed 71.2 SusWrite 76.3 51% 69 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 169% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 76%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 654GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 86 88 89 89 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 73 Write 66 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 87.9 54% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 67%
WD Gold 6TB (2016) -$183 2,043 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 4.5TB free Firmware: 01.01M03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 209 211 203 213 212 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 200 Mixed 82 SusWrite 210 125% 172 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 0.8 234% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$60 17,279 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 27 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 34.7 SC Mixed 29.1 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 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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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