Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181029
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '20 at 03:40
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 82.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 260 87% 158 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 789 75% 619 Pts	64-Core 995 62% 995 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% PowerColor(148C 2398) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.6% Outstanding	Lighting 110 Reflection 105 Parallax 204 90% 140 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 121 Splatting 144 104% 124 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 217 217 222 219 218 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 441 Write 432 Mixed 368 SusWrite 229 83% 368 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 98.3 4K Mixed 51.5 174% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 353 266% 358 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 197GB free Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1347 816 808 814 815 814 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 1,469 Write 1,659 Mixed 1,190 SusWrite 902 294% 1,305 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 70.7 247% 93.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,363 DQ Write 1,184 DQ Mixed 1,262 949% 1,270 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 276%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 190 191 193 193 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 151 Mixed 85.7 SusWrite 190 115% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 127 128 128 128 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 130 Write 133 Mixed 65 SusWrite 127 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$60 17,279 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.1 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 11.2 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 111%

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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	7,117x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,240x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	565x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,663x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,205x
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	425x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	562x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	511x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	472x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $979

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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