Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.2% 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	180% 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	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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190712
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '20 at 20:38
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 above expectations (91^st percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 854 85% 691 Pts	64-Core 1,113 69% 1,113 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1451) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.2% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 142 Parallax 117 98% 127 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 126 Splatting 105 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 533 259 253 254 252 251 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	180% Outstanding	Read 1306 Write 1,070 Mixed 574 SusWrite 300 180% 813 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 53.3 207% 77.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,077 DQ Write 1014 DQ Mixed 768 653% 953 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 180% Great: 236%
Seagate SkyHawk 4TB (2016)-$90 7,966 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: CV11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 173 173 176 156 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 159 Mixed 74.5 SusWrite 168 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 25.5 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 41.1 SC Mixed 29.5 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 101%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $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