Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	96.2% 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	174% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	0.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '19 at 20:47
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing way below expectations (16^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-$180 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	45.2% Average	Memory 18.8 1-Core 96.9 2-Core 194 50% 103 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 706 65% 544 Pts	64-Core 1,051 65% 1,051 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6694) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2777 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.66 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.2% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 126 Parallax 146 92% 128 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 161 Splatting 111 105% 131 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$76 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 541GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 317 916 1225 1214 1203 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 1,228 Write 494 Mixed 596 SusWrite 870 177% 797 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 65.3 4K Mixed 44.7 134% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 884 DQ Write 431 DQ Mixed 518 421% 611 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 410%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 903GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 164 279 324 318 315 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	67.1% Good	Read 271 Write 148 Mixed 245 SusWrite 262 52% 231 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 24.4 84% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 323 241% 321 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 133%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 138 151 154 150 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 147 Write 94.5 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 145 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 CMW16GX4M2D3000C16 CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 CMW16GX4M2D3000C16 32GB 119 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 20.5 68% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 3.8 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 4.9 21% 7.23 GB/s	Latency 330 12% 330 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 98%

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

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Gaming 111%

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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 $180Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	7,187x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,264x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	569x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,682x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,220x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	656x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	540x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	501x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	436x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	564x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	513x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	474x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $987

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16