Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	89.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190712
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '20 at 14:54
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 157 2-Core 310 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 565 8-Core 938 92% 751 Pts	64-Core 1,117 69% 1,117 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% MSI(1462 3680) CLim: 1663 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.3 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 91.7 Parallax 158 87% 119 fps	MRender 89.8 Gravity 120 Splatting 129 94% 113 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2454 Write 1,769 Mixed 1562 427% 1,928 MB/s	4K Read 59.1 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 79.9 267% 93.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,073 DQ Write 1,140 DQ Mixed 1,053 807% 1,089 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 22GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 266 263 263 263 255 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 428 Write 264 Mixed 298 SusWrite 262 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 36.3 138% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 184 168% 258 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 91%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 4TB 2,430 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 127 128 129 128 128 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 78.5 Write 76.2 Mixed 43 SusWrite 128 59% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.2 210% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 134%
ZOOM H1 SD R&W 4GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 4GB free, PID 0120 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.2 1.3 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.5 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	2.03% Terrible	Read 4.5 Write 3 Mixed 4 SusWrite 2.1 4% 3.4 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 1 47% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.03% Great: 4%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 35.7 MC Mixed 28 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 34.6 SC Mixed 29.7 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 110%

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Gaming 111%

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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	1,252x
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	1,206x
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 $92Bench 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