Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97.7% 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	98.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 11 months ago, 8 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180301
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '19 at 08:06
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing as expected (46^th 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-$355 377,946 User benchmarks, average bench 92% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	89.7% Excellent	1-Core 136 2-Core 270 95% 203 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 821 83% 655 Pts	64-Core 1,000 67% 1,000 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$359 179,509 User benchmarks, average bench 96% EVGA(3842 6775) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Lighting 394 Reflection 341 Parallax 419 104% 385 fps	MRender 202 Gravity 373 Splatting 238 98% 271 fps
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 105%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$110 119,751 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 709GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 257 438 457 458 455 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 458 Mixed 431 SusWrite 397 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 58.4 4K Mixed 38.7 125% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 135%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$60 238,406 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 466GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 259 439 457 458 401 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 452 Mixed 434 SusWrite 390 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 58 4K Mixed 39 127% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 356 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 131%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$87 44,487 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 27.2 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 40 SC Mixed 23.8 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 48.9 82% 48.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 108%

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

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Typical ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING Builds (Compare 28,153 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 115%

UFO

Desktop 112%

UFO

Workstation 92%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING - $105

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $355Bench 92%, 377,946 samples	20,415x
Core i5-8600KIntel $245Bench 91%, 139,790 samples	3,909x
Core i7-8700Intel $340Bench 88%, 133,831 samples	1,279x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 134%, 422,679 samples	7,008x
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 105%, 561,146 samples	5,634x
GTX 1070Nvidia $415Bench 78%, 671,944 samples	2,414x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 198%, 162,769 samples	2,319x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $140Bench 221%, 100,011 samples	2,120x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $80Bench 276%, 133,645 samples	1,762x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $85Bench 86%, 103,800 samples	2,736x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 84%, 269,498 samples	2,290x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $80Bench 83%, 45,358 samples	1,176x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $1,453

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $150	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $270	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $359	Nvidia RTX 2060 $324	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $230

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24