Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	64.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	187% 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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180108
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '18 at 16:34
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 161 2-Core 322 105% 193 Pts	4-Core 641 8-Core 1,025 102% 833 Pts	64-Core 1,331 82% 1,331 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Lighting 80.8 Reflection 87.1 Parallax 83.3 66% 83.7 fps	MRender 80.6 Gravity 75.2 Splatting 69.6 61% 75.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 593 338 219 230 222 208 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	187% Outstanding	Read 1,975 Write 800 Mixed 652 SusWrite 302 204% 932 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 58.2 237% 90.9 MB/s	DQ Read 532 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 229 217% 346 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 191GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 293 300 300 300 299 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 452 Mixed 393 SusWrite 307 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 63.9 217% 78 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 63.8 113% 218 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Samsung Spinpoint MP4 2.5" 640GB 642 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 556GB free Firmware: 2AK10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 108 111 110 111 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 106 Write 70.6 Mixed 64 SusWrite 109 64% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 63%
Sony Micro Vault Mach USB 3.0 16GB-$42 306 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 8GB free, PID 05b9 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 23 23 23 23 23 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	26.3% Poor	Read 140 Write 22.7 Mixed 31.6 SusWrite 22.5 54% 54.1 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2747 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	MC Read 35 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 28.2 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 29.8 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 95%

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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	7,117x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,240x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	565x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,663x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,205x
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	425x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	562x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	511x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	472x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $979

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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