Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	8.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	232% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190712
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '19 at 09:18
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 596 8-Core 961 96% 779 Pts	64-Core 1252 78% 1252 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.6952 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.2% Terrible	Lighting 8.27 Reflection 12.6 Parallax 8.62 7% 9.84 fps	MRender 13.9 Gravity 7.8 Splatting 17.3 11% 13 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.2% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 625 328 329 327 326 327 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 2,208 Write 1,404 Mixed 488 SusWrite 377 246% 1,120 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 178 4K Mixed 55.6 237% 93.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,055 DQ Write 1169 DQ Mixed 815 696% 1,013 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 236%
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$82 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 436GB free Firmware: R0906I Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1348 991 1933 951 1081 579 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	346% Outstanding	Read 2,797 Write 2,007 Mixed 1,548 SusWrite 1,147 418% 1,875 MB/s	4K Read 72.2 4K Write 203 4K Mixed 100 345% 125 MB/s	DQ Read 1,427 DQ Write 1,141 DQ Mixed 584 628% 1,051 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 346% Great: 311%
Toshiba HDWD105 500GB-$49 9,420 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 435GB free Firmware: MS1OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 166 167 170 170 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 130 Write 152 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 168 85% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 140% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 7,253 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 30.7 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 32 92% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 107%

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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	7,127x
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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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