Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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	67.3% 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.

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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%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$320 684,305 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 145 2-Core 286 100% 176 Pts	4-Core 580 8-Core 943 97% 762 Pts	64-Core 1,137 76% 1,137 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$540 962,548 User benchmarks, average bench 105% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.3% Good	Lighting 127 Reflection 136 Parallax 117 103% 127 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 18.1 Splatting 22 26% 49.4 fps
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 116%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$160 752,933 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 289GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 473 473 474 471 376 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^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: 83% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 54,723 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 below expectations (21^st 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-$60 273,381 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (75^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: 61% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 108%

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

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Gaming 126%

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Desktop 97%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 116%

UFO

Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING - $330

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $320Bench 91%, 684,305 samples	10,650x
Core i5-8600KIntel $235Bench 91%, 240,055 samples	1,877x
Core i7-8700Intel $312Bench 89%, 309,885 samples	851x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $861Bench 137%, 751,808 samples	3,225x
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 105%, 962,548 samples	2,307x
GTX 1070Nvidia $138Bench 80%, 1,199,785 samples	1,071x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $72Bench 270%, 339,543 samples	935x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 696,984 samples	790x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $72Bench 212%, 135,689 samples	718x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $83Bench 85%, 242,389 samples	1,070x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $74Bench 83%, 538,368 samples	957x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $169Bench 94%, 77,860 samples	743x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $1,666

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $300	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-11600K $220	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
Intel Core i7-11700K $315	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $200

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $67	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $74	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16