Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	117% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180322
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '19 at 08:50
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 263 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 735 74% 599 Pts	64-Core 718 44% 718 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Lighting 76.3 Reflection 74.3 Parallax 70.8 62% 73.8 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 69.4 Splatting 70.3 57% 69.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 435GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 295 297 298 299 298 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 473 Mixed 453 SusWrite 315 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 57.6 198% 72.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 794GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 170 170 171 172 170 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 158 Mixed 95.7 SusWrite 170 112% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 237% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 690GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 39 Write 37.7 Mixed 29.7 SusWrite 38.8 49% 36.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 3 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	38.9% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 11.5 36% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 13.7 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 104%

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

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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	7,123x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,249x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	565x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,666x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,206x
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	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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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $979

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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