Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	117% 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	72.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (16%). 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	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180301
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '20 at 08:22
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 below expectations (25^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 131 2-Core 243 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 773 71% 596 Pts	64-Core 1,005 62% 1,005 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 84.5% 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: 445.87 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 177 Parallax 159 129% 165 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 162 Splatting 117 107% 132 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 104GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 443 432 428 416 425 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 428 Write 410 Mixed 338 SusWrite 430 91% 402 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 51.4 172% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 358 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
Liteonit LCT-128M3S 128GB 2,346 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: VQN6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 203 205 204 173 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 416 Write 203 Mixed 211 SusWrite 192 57% 256 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 62.6 4K Mixed 30.3 110% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 170 146% 216 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 82%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 510GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 442 431 428 415 425 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 436 Write 408 Mixed 370 SusWrite 430 93% 411 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 41.1 145% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 359 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 121%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 16GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,721 Write 1,582 Mixed 665 293% 1,323 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 48.7 189% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,029 DQ Write 1,048 DQ Mixed 852 692% 976 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1GB free Firmware: CC41 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 71.5 Write 111 Mixed 26.2 51% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.9 345% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 112%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 180 185 183 176 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 159 Mixed 78.3 SusWrite 180 108% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 102% 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 way below expectations (5^th percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 18.6 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 18.4 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 117%

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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	7,128x
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	1,208x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 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 $90Bench 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 $300	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