Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 131% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 122% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	145% 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	118% 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 (16%). 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	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180427
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '20 at 05:10
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 (68^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 135 2-Core 257 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 811 78% 645 Pts	64-Core 1,124 70% 1,124 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Gigabyte(1458 404C) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	145% Outstanding	Lighting 216 Reflection 168 Parallax 197 176% 194 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 145 Splatting 121 119% 149 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 7,881 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 686GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1392 1399 1395 1392 1393 1386 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 127%
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$113 27,087 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 404 400 414 362 312 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 432 Mixed 312 SusWrite 382 91% 408 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 53.3 191% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 279 228% 324 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 116%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 155GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 153 153 152 153 153 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 88.7 Write 93 Mixed 76 SusWrite 152 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion Desk 1TB 564 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 780GB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 190 193 191 195 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 196 Write 149 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 191 207% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 85% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 71%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 20.1 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 22.8 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71% 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	7,122x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1,249x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	565x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1,665x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,206x
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	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 $274	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 $184	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