Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.4% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	17.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190527
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '20 at 01:12
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 235 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 725 73% 594 Pts	64-Core 923 57% 923 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Sapphire(174B E324) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.8.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 78.1 Reflection 63.7 Parallax 90.5 64% 77.4 fps	MRender 64.8 Gravity 65.6 Splatting 82.3 59% 70.9 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 326GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 174 199 256 215 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 369 Mixed 238 SusWrite 200 71% 319 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 48.9 164% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 221 193% 290 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 107%
SanDisk X400 512GB-$99 7,913 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 477GB free Firmware: X4120000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 289 284 272 274 272 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 462 Mixed 356 SusWrite 302 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 41.7 165% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 231 199% 294 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 71 70 71 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 96.7 Write 95.5 Mixed 71.3 SusWrite 69.8 62% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 84%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 431GB free Firmware: CC1F SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 65 64 65 65 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 64.7 Write 68.5 Mixed 50 SusWrite 64.4 46% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 28.3 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 24.1 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 60.1 67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 106%

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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 $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