Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% 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.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '20 at 22:57
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 above expectations (75^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 262 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 794 78% 639 Pts	64-Core 1,008 62% 1,008 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 142 Parallax 119 114% 134 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 134 Splatting 107 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,382 Write 1,574 Mixed 954 360% 1,637 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 67.9 236% 86.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,220 DQ Write 1,038 DQ Mixed 1,109 836% 1,123 MB/s
Poor: 195% Great: 393%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 77GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 384 268 254 236 225 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 471 Mixed 389 SusWrite 301 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 54.9 186% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 89GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 190 145 114 88 79 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 457 Mixed 406 SusWrite 168 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 52.4 178% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 234 210% 318 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 118%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 398GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 146 147 147 147 147 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 155 Mixed 82 SusWrite 146 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 227% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 109%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 21GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 151 162 153 140 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 240 Write 116 Mixed 21.5 SusWrite 148 154% 131 MB/s	4K Read 8.3 4K Write 9.1 4K Mixed 7.5 595% 8.3 MB/s	DQ Read 10.3 DQ Write 7.7 DQ Mixed 7.9 569% 8.63 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 25.3 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 21.5 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 104%

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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