Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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	121% 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	80.8% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180301
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '20 at 09:39
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 135 2-Core 271 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 782 80% 648 Pts	64-Core 1,116 69% 1,116 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 442.74 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 165 Reflection 182 Parallax 183 135% 177 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 165 Splatting 117 108% 133 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 5GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 495 Write 478 Mixed 390 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 60.6 203% 71.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Liteonit LCT-128M3S 128GB 2,346 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: VQN6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 203 186 190 202 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 465 Write 202 Mixed 219 SusWrite 197 60% 271 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 71.1 4K Mixed 34.8 129% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 165 143% 213 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 82%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 930GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 481 477 474 481 477 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 430 Write 86.5 Mixed 401 SusWrite 478 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 49.7 173% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 121%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 9GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,843 Write 1,505 Mixed 645 294% 1,331 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 58.5 226% 84.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,053 DQ Write 1,079 DQ Mixed 1,015 777% 1049 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 88GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 148 146 145 144 145 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 190 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 146 97% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2 365% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 112%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 182 183 181 182 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 157 Mixed 83 SusWrite 181 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB 9,834 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.9% Good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 20.2 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 22.2 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 117%

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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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	7,150x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,256x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	566x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,672x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,214x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	654x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	538x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	501x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	429x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	563x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: $986

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16