Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	247% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	7 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170914
Uptime	5.5 Days
Run Date	May 05 '20 at 07:37
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 89.1 1-Core 132 2-Core 273 90% 164 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 889 84% 697 Pts	64-Core 1,136 70% 1,136 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Lighting 75.8 Reflection 73.5 Parallax 65.1 62% 71.5 fps	MRender 68.5 Gravity 68.2 Splatting 70.7 57% 69.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 625 307 296 308 311 314 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 2,308 Write 1465 Mixed 1,280 SusWrite 360 300% 1,353 MB/s	4K Read 60.9 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 81.5 277% 97.8 MB/s	DQ Read 954 DQ Write 1,135 DQ Mixed 982 757% 1,024 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 280%
Adata XPG SX7000 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 2,200 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 37GB free Firmware: CB1.1.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 691 Write 790 Mixed 646 159% 709 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 52.4 192% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 609 DQ Mixed 322 279% 400 MB/s
Poor: 79% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 815GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 134 134 134 135 136 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 142 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 134 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 114%
Seagate BUP Slim RD 2TB 4,801 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 128 126 129 129 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 107 Write 115 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 127 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.8 189% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 66%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 6TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 46 44 47 47 47 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	Read 31.2 Write 58 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 46.7 41% 54.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.3 172% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3000C15-4GRBB Corsair CMK8GX4M2A2666C16 F4-3000C15-4GRBB 12GB 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	55.2% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 15.6 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 17.8 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns

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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 $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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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