Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190527
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '20 at 06:48
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 275 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 771 82% 653 Pts	64-Core 790 49% 790 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2066) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.3% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 119 Parallax 109 96% 116 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 97.7 Splatting 82.8 84% 107 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,604 Write 1,318 Mixed 524 253% 1,149 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 50.1 215% 84.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,107 DQ Write 1,261 DQ Mixed 867 740% 1,078 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Kingston SM2280S3G2480G 480GB 1,177 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 27GB free Firmware: SAFM01.W SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 310 226 202 219 250 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 218 Mixed 325 SusWrite 255 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 40 150% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 185 179% 280 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 107%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 47GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 421 428 427 431 432 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 426 Write 362 Mixed 308 SusWrite 424 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 45.5 167% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 154 167% 279 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 577GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 100 100 100 100 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 108 Write 92.9 Mixed 85.7 SusWrite 99.4 72% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.9% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 21.7 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 22.7 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 110%

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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) $35	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