Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 117%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	76.4% 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	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 (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-8700K-$350 282,184 User benchmarks, average bench 108% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	117% Outstanding	SC Int 139 SC Float 150 SC Mixed 145 116% 145 Pts	QC Int 548 QC Float 608 QC Mixed 580 131% 579 Pts	MC Int 1,049 MC Float 1,196 MC Mixed 1,137 168% 1,127 Pts
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$528 448,609 User benchmarks, average bench 123% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Lighting 382 Reflection 352 Parallax 374 117% 369 fps	MRender 227 Gravity 54.3 Splatting 50.6 46% 111 fps
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$99 331,339 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 (96^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: 134%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$4 20,757 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 (20^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: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.27% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$86 57,536 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (47^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: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 111%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 127%

UFO

Desktop 123%

UFO

Workstation 112%

UFO

Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING - $170

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $350Bench 108%, 282,184 samples	16,736x
Core i5-8600KIntel $260Bench 101%, 106,028 samples	3,232x
Core i7-8700Intel $300Bench 102%, 83,717 samples	984x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 152%, 327,765 samples	5,782x
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 123%, 448,609 samples	4,726x
GTX 1070Nvidia $380Bench 97%, 574,429 samples	2,019x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 200%, 129,236 samples	2,089x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $140Bench 216%, 85,368 samples	1,830x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $110Bench 268%, 77,670 samples	1,430x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $115Bench 90%, 63,905 samples	2,346x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $80Bench 87%, 195,624 samples	1,933x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $99Bench 84%, 31,472 samples	973x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,543

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $350	Nvidia GTX 1070 $380	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $70
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $139	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $208	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $99
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $108	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $97

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $41	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $651	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $85	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12