Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	128% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190712
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '19 at 20:32
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 136 2-Core 270 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 792 81% 653 Pts	64-Core 929 58% 929 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 194 Parallax 190 144% 187 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 178 Splatting 126 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 89 111 112 110 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 149 Write 135 Mixed 157 SusWrite 108 31% 137 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 86.1 4K Mixed 32.4 126% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 142 110% 151 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 182 169 181 182 186 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 103 Write 37.7 Mixed 68 SusWrite 181 72% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 113%
Hitachi HUP722020APA330 2TB 418 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free Firmware: JKAOA36C SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 103 99 105 104 103 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 100 Write 98.5 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 103 66% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 71%
Hitachi HTS541010B9E380 1TB 623 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 447GB free Firmware: 01.01H01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 64 54 69 66 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	33% Below average	Read 50 Write 53.7 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 64.5 38% 51.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.4 102% 1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2K4000C19 2x8GB 1,177 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.9% Good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 19.7 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 20.6 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 129%

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Gaming 111%

UFO

Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	7,127x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,253x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	565x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,667x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,207x
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	427x

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 $273	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 $177	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