Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	68.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	134% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181029
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '18 at 05:39
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i7-8700K-$355 322,715 User benchmarks, average bench 92% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	1-Core 145 2-Core 286 102% 216 Pts	4-Core 580 8-Core 943 97% 762 Pts	64-Core 1,137 76% 1,137 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$528 528,238 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	68.8% Good	Lighting 382 Reflection 352 Parallax 374 98% 369 fps	MRender 227 Gravity 54.3 Splatting 50.6 30% 111 fps
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 111%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$107 417,557 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 289GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 473 473 474 471 376 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 479 Mixed 412 SusWrite 453 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 65.9 226% 83.3 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 356 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 135%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$4 23,858 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 10GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.9 6.9 7.1 7.2 6.9 7.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	6.27% Terrible	Read 22.2 Write 7.2 Mixed 12 SusWrite 7.5 14% 12.2 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.7 46% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.27% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$70 78,433 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 26.9 98% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 29.8 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Gaming 111%

UFO

Desktop 113%

UFO

Workstation 92%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING - $210

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $355Bench 92%, 322,715 samples	19,397x
Core i5-8600KIntel $265Bench 90%, 125,839 samples	3,718x
Core i7-8700Intel $320Bench 88%, 124,085 samples	1,209x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $722Bench 126%, 386,341 samples	6,678x
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 100%, 528,238 samples	5,387x
GTX 1070Nvidia $359Bench 78%, 627,011 samples	2,324x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 200%, 139,046 samples	2,262x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $140Bench 221%, 94,207 samples	2,046x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $90Bench 271%, 118,500 samples	1,678x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $95Bench 87%, 93,683 samples	2,626x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $65Bench 84%, 231,821 samples	2,168x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $95Bench 83%, 42,499 samples	1,116x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $1,482

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $145	Nvidia GTX 1660 $210	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $57
Intel Core i5-9600K $240	Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti $270	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $107
Intel Core i7-9700K $350	Nvidia RTX 2060 $349	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $200

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $83	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $612	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $70	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $14